A to Z Quick Chat 96 | Are you chill or uptight?

In this episode of The A to Z English Podcast, Xochitl and Jack discuss the following question: Are you a chill person or an uptight person? Transcript:00:00:01JackWelcome to the A-Z English podcast, where Jack and Social take you on a journey from learning the basics to mastering the nuances of the English language. Our podcast is designed for non-native speakers who are looking to improve their English skills in a fun and interactive way. Each episode covers a wide range of topics.00:00:23JackFrom grammar and vocabulary to slang and culture to help you navigate the English speaking world with ease.00:00:35JackWelcome to the A to Z English podcast. My name is Jack and I'm one of the hosts of the podcast and I'm here with my co-host, Social and social, and I are going to answer another question for you. And the question is, are you?00:00:47JackA chill person.00:00:50JackOr are you uptight?00:00:53JackSo this would be, I mean that's totally appropriate for you social to define, chill.00:00:59AChill. Who is someone who is relaxed, someone who goes with the flow, someone who is easygoing and you know, doesn't have a lot of worries, isn't uptight or strong, too high? And yeah, just generally kind of a relaxed and.00:01:00JackWhat does that mean?00:01:20XochitlAnd our carefree demeanor.00:01:23JackWhat about uptight? What is an uptight person?00:01:26XochitlUptight is the opposite of that. It's someone who is really neurotic, who tends to.00:01:34XochitlGo through a lot of stress like self-imposed stress. They worry about things a lot and they usually they care a lot to like order and for things to be done like exactly how they want them done. And it's just someone who has like a lot of little.00:01:57XochitlConcerning your worries, every little thing is something that they're.00:02:02XochitlEvery little detail, something they're consumed.00:02:03XochitlWith, you know and.00:02:05XochitlSo they have a lot of self-imposed stress, a lot of self-imposed anxiety. And yeah, it there. Yeah, it's it can be hard to be around people like that. I think especially if you're easy going.00:02:17JackYeah. If you're easy guy I.00:02:18JackThink that we have a name for those people now.00:02:20JackWe kind of call them Karens.00:02:22JackIs that at Karen's? Yeah.00:02:23XochitlYeah, and it's.00:02:24XochitlIt's kind of like you, Karen, though I mean.00:02:27XochitlI guess for.00:02:28XochitlMe. Well, duck you up first. Are you uptight or are you laid?00:02:31XochitlBack, I know.00:02:32JackOhh OK you probably know the answer already, but I mean just by the cadence of my voice and the way I the way I talk. But yeah, I'm I'm a I'm a chill person like, but I I haven't always been chill. I mean, I've definitely had my moments of insanity.00:02:51JackAnd you know where I get really angry. Sometimes I think chill people.00:02:59JackIt's like uh, it's kind of a vibe that people give off, but it's.00:03:03JackA A public persona.00:03:04JackAnd so even when they get into their when they get home.00:03:08JackThey can kind of turn from chill to very neurotic. Like you said, you know, uptight and obsessive and things like that. So I definitely have had my moments of that, but I try to be chill and I think that's my natural setting, is that I'm pretty easy going.00:03:21발표자 3Right.00:03:28XochitlI think that.00:03:30XochitlIt's sometimes it's like not even intentional. A lot of people think of me as a really chill and laid back person, but.00:03:36XochitlIn my own mind, I'm super neurotic and have like a lot of anxiety going on in my head and like I get really stressed out and.00:03:45XochitlStuff, but I think sometimes when we're in social settings, it's a little bit of a distraction, right? Or there's, like, other things to focus on that aren't in our control. And I think a lot.00:03:57XochitlOf times.00:03:58XochitlPeople who appear easygoing in social settings have the ability to let go at least a little bit.00:04:05XochitlOh, what this social setting of the situation? It's not in my control, so I'm not really worried. Whereas I think people who are generally characterized as high strung, like, can't really let go in any situation.00:04:18JackThat's a good point. That's a good.00:04:19JackPoint. So I mean.00:04:20JackI think the.00:04:21JackThing that I think people misunderstand about chill people is that they don't care.00:04:26JackBut it's not that they don't care, it's just that they kind of keep a lid on their emotions, right? So it's like.00:04:26발표자Right.00:04:35JackIt's hard to read those people necessarily, because you might think that they are. They are. They don't care. And another word for that is aloof. ALOFI believe I spelled that correctly. You guys can check me on that. But people who are aloof or they, they really just don't care, they're they're not really concerned and they don't.00:04:54JackThat's not a good quality, I think. Chill people are like they care, but they're also not gonna gonna make a public demonstration of their anger for everybody to see. So they're gonna kind of keep a lid on their anger.00:05:08JackAnd just kind of let it go and and contain it and process it health in a healthy way and an uptight person is just incapable of kind of putting a lid on top of that anger and they just kind of blow up and and act out or say something inappropriate.00:05:18XochitlRight.00:05:28JackOr something and.00:05:30XochitlI think more than.00:05:31XochitlLike anger, I think anger is like a response to a trigger, and I feel like.00:05:37XochitlI feel that uptight people get.00:05:40XochitlLike triggered by certain things more easily. I'm not using like triggered in a negative sense. I'm saying like some little thing could really upset them that you and I wouldn't even register a lot of time because they're like, keep their heightened like then your artism is really.00:05:53JackThat's a good point.00:05:56XochitlHeightened and I think a lot of.00:05:58XochitlTimes being uptight or being chill.00:06:01XochitlIt kind of comes down to control for.00:06:02XochitlMe so like.00:06:03XochitlWe don't have to be in control of the situation.00:06:07XochitlAnd I feel like people who were uptight have to have, like, the control, or have to have, like, the only say it's like Jack and I work really well together. I think because we're both laid back. So if we have suggestions for, like, the podcast, we can both be like.00:06:24XochitlYeah or no?00:06:25XochitlI don't know about that one or yes, I think.00:06:27XochitlThat's a good idea.00:06:28XochitlBut I think if we have a good team member, that was really uptight, it would be hard for.00:06:33XochitlUs it would be like really hard for us.00:06:36JackYou have to walk on egg shells with those people, we say in English, right? Yes.00:06:39XochitlBecause, yeah, and especially because like.00:06:45XochitlWith being chill comes with a certain level of going with the flow and like adjusting expectations and adjusting your plans depending on what you think.00:06:53XochitlIs going to work.00:06:54XochitlOr what you came up with and just going from there and I think uptight people, they really need to stick with, like, the regimen they really have, like, certain parameters they're comfortable with.00:07:06XochitlAnd they don't like to be upset outside of that and being like tight is not necessarily always a bad thing.00:07:14XochitlIt's kind of like type A personalities versus type B personalities we also use in English. That's another quick difference.00:07:22XochitlBefore we get to yes.00:07:22JackYeah, well, type B being.00:07:24JackA chill person and type.00:07:25JackA being an uptight person.00:07:27XochitlOf a being of type person, but I think that a lot of times type A's are better at organizational aspects and keeping things on track and type. These are like creative energies that are more comfortable going.00:07:39XochitlWith the flow.00:07:40XochitlSure. Yeah. Go ahead then.00:07:42JackNo, no, that's it. You make a really, really good point. I mean, that's exactly what I think. I think uptight people are necessary. They keep the trains running on schedule. You know what I mean? If you let all the the chill people run this the operation you don't know when the train's coming and whether it'll ever reach its destination.00:08:02XochitlIt's happening.00:08:03JackBut it'll look amazing. It'll have. It'll be painted really beautiful colors.00:08:05XochitlYeah, it looks like a dragon or something. It's.00:08:09발표자Gonna be all.00:08:10XochitlAll thrills and like I.00:08:12XochitlI think like everything, I don't think we're totally chill or totally uptight. I think it's like a spectrum. I think Jack and I tend to be like a little more towards the chill side. If anyone remembers our old podcast mate Kevin, he was still chilled, but like a little more towards like the structured sides of the thing, I wouldn't come up.00:08:32XochitlLike he was more like structured.00:08:34XochitlAnd uhm, that was good, because it would keep us on track and stuff like that. And but it was just like a different dynamic. So I don't think it's only the negative thing. It's just like someone uptight.00:08:38JackYeah, yeah.00:08:49XochitlOr with more structure or more of a type A personality, they can keep things on track more than a type B person, but at the same time a type B person will be like more creative. So there is like benefits and negatives to both I think.00:09:02JackI think you too, if you're too chill, you become kind of a doormat for people. They take advantage of you, and if you're too uptight, you're gonna die young because you're just stressing about things that.00:09:13JackYou can't control.00:09:14JackYou know, getting angry at the.00:09:14XochitlAnything you like?00:09:15JackTraffic. I mean it's.00:09:17JackNot you. You can't control that so.00:09:19XochitlYou also might become a monster if you're too uptight. I think like it's like type B chill person. Now that you might be like a doormat and type A can get, like, really domineering. So I think it's like, but yeah, it just really depends. But I I think there are pluses and negatives to both and there's definitely positives to both.00:09:39XochitlSo yeah, let us know if you are a.00:09:42XochitlChill person or an uptight person. 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