American pride has hit an all-time low, a poll finds

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[–]HeyImSancho 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Yup, I thanked what thought was woman cashier at a box store, but as I was walking away, I thought, 'she', maybe wanted to be addressed as something else; as she looked quite butch.

It actually has left me a little horrified, as my intent was 'I recognize you as living, you matter', but in doing so, perhaps, I insulted her, it, them. It left the only safe pronoun being what, 3rd person shit like in The Silence of the Lambs; " 'it' rubs the lotion on 'it's' skin".

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What you thought to yourself doesn't matter. If you said "thank you", you were polite and that's always okay.