Went to my local dive to watch my hometown team lose last night. Unfortunately, the only open seat at the bar was next to a regular who happens to be a TIM.
As the bar emptied I casually moved a couple seats away under the guise of seeing the TV better and ended up next to a young gen z woman.
The TIM leaves as her and I were chatting when the bartender, another woman, walks up and says “god I’m glad Jamie’s gone”. “That guy?” I respond while nodding to his empty seat, “yeah, he’s a weirdo”. And then all three of us proceeded to talk sht about the TIM and how weird HE is.
I know the bartender is a TERF but was unsure about the young woman. She didn’t miss a beat or stumble over pronouns, and actually seemed excited that we could talk openly about the dude while referring to him as such. She’s new to the area and I thought she was pretty rad and I wish her all the good things in the world.