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When I was 22ish, I was sitting in a park in Philadelphia. I watched as a strange little man careened from woman to woman, asking brazenly to “bum a smoke”. He did this with about 8 people or so until he finally got to me. “Can I bum a smoke?” he asked. I dug one out of my pack and handed it to him. “Can I bum a light?” he then asked. “Do you want me to smoke it for you, too?” I said, using a tired zinger. He knocked my sass and used it as a gateway to…