Why does nobody read western comics anymore?

I have so many questions about this page

How did she get an engineering degree if she's a high school dropout?

Why did she get a degree in the first place just to become a sex worker?

I don't understand this phrase: "Scorpio and Blood Moon rising. No drama, no water signs." It's like she's suddenly speaking a different language.

Why does she describe herself as a "biological freak of nature?" She speaks so much and yet the one thing that needs to be explained she doesn't.

Why is the waiter wearing a mask?

>a high school dropout
>a chemical engineer

????????

>Get a cheminal engineering degree
>Become a prostitute

???????