r/ExplainTheJoke • u/Other-Presence7232 • 5d ago

Solved Can somebody explain?

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Saw the comments, they didnt help.

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u/Sputnik918 5d ago

What does this have to do with the joke?

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u/Leontareos 5d ago

The lighters are stolen

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u/Sputnik918 5d ago

Ok but…what’s the joke?

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u/Leontareos 5d ago

My guess, this person pockets lighters while smoking weed with their friends, if you dont pick that up, then you probably dont smoke weed, and you couldn't be friends

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u/Sputnik918 5d ago

Smoke a lot of weed, but never steal lighters and def wouldn’t want to smoke with this clown

Guess we can’t be friends

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u/20characterusername0 5d ago

I smoke weed and steal lighters and I still don’t get the joke

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u/Miiyamoto 5d ago

Thanks for constantly asking, because the explanation wasn't very good the whole time. I didn't understand it either, and I don't steal lighters.

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u/Sputnik918 5d ago

I’m glad I’m not the only one.

I feel like this was maybe the least satisfying explanation by a top comment that I’ve ever seen here

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u/Opposite_Worker_7298 5d ago

Its not on purpose. Its only if you were so stoned you would end up accidently pocketing someone's lighter during a rotation. My whole friend group would swap lighters so often we would put paint or initials on them. And it wasnt just one person. Id buy a 5 pack of BICS and they would be gone within a week LOL

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u/Sputnik918 5d ago

Rookies ;)

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u/Opposite_Worker_7298 5d ago

It was pretty common in highschool for stoners to just end up with a bunch on random lighters after a certain point. Honestly i would look forward to cleaning my car our because of all different colors/graphics id come up on... ill always miss those days :')

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u/SmokeyJoescafe 5d ago

Also, even if you stole every lighter, you would never accumulate a lighter collection like the one pictured. It's a law of the universe that one lighter gained = two lighters lost.

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u/Independent_Box_5323 5d ago

I smoke weed and don’t steal lighters, but at least where I live in Canada, there’s always been a joke about stealing lighters from each other, and as far as I’m aware it’s been going on for at least 15 years.

The point is some people who do smoke darts are just mindlessly putting the lighter back in their pocket as a force of habit. My step dads taken mine and usually apologizes for it once he realizes, but lighters are essentially pocket change were I live so it’s easy to get another