• Zannsolo@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      Most smokers will give someone a cig if they ask. When someone asks to borrow your lighter there is a good chance they will pocket it after lightning up(more likely out of habit, than a malicious decision to steal it).

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        14 hours ago

        Yeah back in my smoking days I bought a unique looking lighter so I wouldn’t accidentally steal someone else’s. After a night of drinking, I noticed I somehow had two of them.

        Sorry! I tried my best not to steal your lighter, whoever was unfortunate enough to have one that looked like mine.

      • whoisearth@lemmy.ca
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        17 hours ago

        For decades after high school I still had a stash of lighters that weren’t mine. I miss those days. My friends and I called it “the lighter game” and the goal was to be the person at the end of the night with the most lighters. At a party once my buddy pocketed like 6 it was hilarious.

      • three@lemm.ee
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        18 hours ago

        I always carried a white lighter because of this. No one wants bad luck!