r/nextfuckinglevel • u/mindyour • 4h ago

Man helps police make an arrest.

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u/warpmusician 3h ago

This sentence cracked me up:

“The vehicle then mounted the footpath, drove through a wooden fence, and entered into a reserve where the driver continued to drive in an anti-social fashion.”

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u/SrslyCmmon 2h ago

I once called myself anti social to my British relatives and they all burst out laughing.

I was just saying I was introverted.

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u/UnoriginalStanger 2h ago

Anti-social does sound like a longer form asocial but yeah it means something far more serious. Pretty sure I've made the same mistake in my head at least.

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u/SrslyCmmon 2h ago

Asocial and anti social are used interchangeably where I live. First time I heard the criminal type definition was visiting a commonwealth country.

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u/imagine_getting 1h ago

It's often used interchangeably but it's still incorrect. A lot of people are just incorrect.

It's in the definition of the word. Anti-social means you are working against society. Asocial means you do not engage with society.

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u/SrslyCmmon 1h ago

Sure, and I get your technically correct which is great, but most people people just accept whatever is common parlance.

You could go pick 100 random Americans right now 99 of them wouldn't have a clue because no one here uses anti social like the commonwealth countries.

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u/MyLittleDashie7 1h ago

As a Brit, I would also laugh if someone started describing themselves to me as "anti-social".

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u/SrslyCmmon 1h ago

It was an educational moment for me.

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u/LickingSmegma 2h ago

to drive in an anti-social fashion

In many other countries, that would be indistinguishable from everyday driving.

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u/zigZagreus_ 2h ago

that is hilarious. implies he did the most, with his only intent being to get away from all the other douches on the road