A to Z Quick Tok 39 | Always Happy vs. Always Honest

In this Quick Tok episode of The A to Z English Podcast, Jack is joined by May, Layla, Hendrick, and Salimeh. The five of them discuss the following Would you rather? question:Would you rather live in a world where everyone is always happy or always honest? 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.00:00:33JackWelcome to the A-Z English podcast. My name is Jack and I'm one of the hosts of the podcast. However, I am without social today, but do not fret because I've got some wonderful friends with me. I've got selime from Iran. I've got Leila from Saudi Arabia may from Malaysia.00:00:53JackAnd Hendrick, from Indonesia, guys.00:00:55JackHow you doing today?00:00:59HendrickGood. Alright, I'm doing good.00:01:02JackOK, I'm doing pretty well actually I'm doing. I'm doing good. Yeah. And what I've got for you today, we're going to do a would you rather episode? And so I'm going to read you a. Would you rather question and then we'll go in a circle and I'll let you guys answer however you want to.00:01:02SalimehThanks. What about you?00:01:22JackAnd then I will share.00:01:23JackMy answer as well, so here is the.00:01:26JackWould you rather question?00:01:28JackWould you rather live in a world where everyone is always happy?00:01:36JackIn a world where everyone is always honest.00:01:42JackThere we go. So let's start with. Well, May is the one who came up with this one. So I'm going to give may the 1st crack at.00:01:44MayThis is.00:01:52MayThis is interesting. This is an interesting question for me. I will definitely go on.00:02:05MayFor me if.00:02:08MayEveryone in this world is honest means.00:02:14MayThere is no lie, no unfaithful, no doubt so.00:02:20MayIf all this situation, everyone.00:02:24MayI don't have to feel.00:02:26MayBeing cheated or being betrayed. So everyone will certainly live happily.00:02:34JackOhh so you think honesty will lead to happiness?00:02:35MayYeah, for all this.00:02:37JackSo maybe you're trying to have. You're trying to have your cake and eat it too, huh? You want to have it both ways, happiness and honesty.00:02:38MayYeah, because the.00:02:46JackThat's a very may answer.00:02:50JackAlright, good. Good. I like it. I like it. OK, we'll go on a circle here. We'll go to Hendrick next. Hendrick, what do you think? World of happiness or world of honesty?00:03:02HendrickSo for me, I think I would rather to choose.00:03:06HendrickTo live in the.00:03:07HendrickWorld, which is the people, are happy because. Yeah, I mean like what we are looking for in this life is that happiness, happiness is the number one. Yeah, I mean like.00:03:22HendrickAs as long as we are happy, I mean.00:03:26HendrickLike that's good.00:03:28JackOK. Even always happy though, even if something bad happens, you're happy.00:03:34HendrickExactly. That's the worst.00:03:35JackAll right, all right. He's sticking to it. He's sticking to his guns. All right. One for honesty, one for happiness. Let's jump over to selime. What do you think? Would you rather live in a world where everyone is always happy or everyone is always honest?00:03:52SalimehAnd then I would like to live in a world where people are always honest, because as I mentioned, honesty is being honesty can bring happiness and our kind of, you know, realistic person. So if you still if now people.00:04:10SalimehHonest with each other and I really appreciate this personality of all people. So unlike happiness too. But if something happened, bad thing happened in the world, then people still are happy. This is kind of awkward. So I don't like. I don't like this.00:04:25SalimehSo yeah, I'm.00:04:26SalimehDefinitely with honesty.00:04:29JackI mean, these are two kind of very strange choices, right? Like if you get in a car accident and you're like, thank you for.00:04:34JackHitting my car. I'm so happy, you know.00:04:37MayYou can't. You can't be laughing at that woman, right?00:04:45JackBut what about? OK, I'm going to give.00:04:47JackI'm going to give Salima a hard time because this is her first.00:04:49JackTime on the show.00:04:50JackSo alright, husband and wife wife says, do I look, do you like this dress? And I don't like the dress.00:05:01JackBut I have to live in.00:05:02JackA world of honesty.00:05:04JackIs that? Do I tell the truth?00:05:07MayYeah, definitely it's.00:05:08SalimehOK, after you say you're the honest answer, you know the husband, they can have fives. It's.00:05:16MayOK.00:05:19JackRight.00:05:21SalimehYeah, the normal thing, you know the my life.00:05:21JackOK, OK, alright.00:05:25JackI don't. I don't like that dress. Yeah, I don't like your. You're bald. You know that? That's what she could say to me or something, you know. OK, Layla, let's, let's hear your.00:05:36JackYour answer here.00:05:39LaylaIn my opinion, I would rather have to be in in the world with the honestly.00:05:47LaylaYeah, because in case everyone is honest.00:05:53LaylaThat will help each other with us to improve ourselves because we will know other mistakes from others. They already will tell us we do mistakes or do something not appropriate. Something like.00:06:10LaylaLike that. But in case we live in a world in a, in a world, in a world, how people there are heavy, they will never help to develop our community and we will just think that we do the right thing, but we in reality.00:06:30LaylaWe don't do it so with honestly, maybe some people will will not like.00:06:40LaylaThat, and maybe they will get upset about it, but eventually, honestly will be the good way to to reach the the good results and to be in a good community. And I think as the.00:06:59LaylaAnd the main mission we will be happy eventually because of our honesty.00:07:06JackOK, OK. So just like really pure honesty leads to to happiness. Alright, here's my I'm on the fence. This is a really tough one, actually. This is really tough because I'm not sure I like either world. I might. I might. I wish there were, like a third choice that I could live in.00:07:26MayWhat's your choice?00:07:28JackOK, well here's here's my problem with the world of happiness. If you have. If you have only happiness.00:07:35JackCan happiness exist if there's only happiness? Do you know what I mean? Like I only feel happy because sometimes I feel unhappy.00:07:44JackLike if I always feel happy, then happy is like my normal state, right?00:07:49JackAnd so then it becomes boring. And so you never get to really enjoy anything because life is always like a roller coaster ride or a theme park or something, right? You're just always happy.00:08:02JackHowever, like Layla said and uh.00:08:06JackAnd may and Selime mentioned.00:08:08JackIf people are always honest with me sometimes.00:08:11JackI don't want.00:08:11JackTo hear the truth.00:08:14JackYou know what I mean? Like.00:08:16JackWe say in in English we have an expression called. Ignorance is bliss, which just means like not knowing is is happiness, you know. And once you learn something, then you can't unlearn it. And so.00:08:31JackThat way that can really make you unhappy too. But if I'm going to be honest, no pun intended with my answer.00:08:40JackI have to say I agree with Layla may and selime that I think honesty living in a world where everyone is honest is better than living in a world where where everybody is always happy, because that would be a crazy that would be awful. That might be hell.00:08:59MayDon't you?00:08:59MayI mean, I don't think that situation will happen. Yeah, anyway, because that doesn't make sense.00:09:09MayWe went like laughing every day 24/7 without any sadness or any, you know, anything incomplete that will never happen. There must be some excitement.00:09:22JackYeah, I agree.00:09:25SalimehIt's like, yeah, it's like bunch of crazy people just gathering and laughing, you know, actually.00:09:30LaylaThis is.00:09:33JackIt is scary. It might be like a horn.00:09:38JackYeah, people are dying.00:09:39JackAnd everyone's just.00:09:40JackLaughing and yeah, they're they're so happy.00:09:45MayMakes sense?00:09:46JackYeah, I I think it's kind of like the do you guys know the yin Yang Yin Yang sign? You know, it's like a circle and then there's like, kind of a squiggly line through the middle. It's a it's a Chinese symbol. It's a circle, but it has the yin is the is in the top and the Yang is the bottom. The Yin Yang sign.00:10:04JackSome some of our listeners might know what what I'm talking.00:10:07JackAbout I think you know.00:10:08HendrickYeah, it's.00:10:09SalimehI've heard.00:10:10JackYeah, you can't really have happiness without sadness. I don't think one can exist without the other. It's they're two sides of the same coin.00:10:20JackBut a world of honesty, I think is possible if everybody decides we're going to be honest with each other, brutally honest. At least we know how what people are thinking. And so I think that would be a better choice. Yeah.00:10:34MayYeah, at least we can still see a smile on someone's face.00:10:40SalimehWhen we tell the truth.00:10:42MayYou know any self the person on the other side know that we don't. We are.00:10:47MayNot lying to that.00:10:49JackThere's too it could be.00:10:49JackLike, hey, I like that shirt. I like that dress. And then you feel good.00:10:53MayThat we.00:10:54JackAnd you know they're.00:10:55JackHonest. They're not just, they're not.00:10:56JackJust shining you on.00:10:57JackThey're telling you the truth, yeah.00:10:57MayYes, even if the clothes doesn't look look nice. Maybe you can replace the sentence and leave it.00:11:07MayAnd if you wear blue dress, it will look better on you compared to this red event.00:11:18JackIt looks good on you.00:11:18LaylaWe could.00:11:19JackThough, yeah, there you go. OK.00:11:21MayRephrase the sentence.00:11:23JackThere you go. OK.00:11:24SalimehPsychologists usually recommend that you know, instead of using the negative sentences, you can change that to a positive way. So it's more you know.00:11:34SalimehEffective and better for communication.00:11:35MayWe provide a suggest.00:11:36MayAnd on top of the site just complaining, I mean just what should we say? Condemning you offer a suggestion?00:11:37발표자OK.00:11:38발표자Yeah, yeah.00:11:46JackRight, and being honest doesn't mean you have to say something every time either. My mom used to.00:11:51JackSay if you don't.00:11:53JackIf you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at.00:11:56LaylaJust. Yeah, just.00:11:56JackAll that's what my mom told me.00:12:01JackBut in the happy world, Hendrick, in Happy world, everyone is a little bit crazy and cuckoo. Do you want to revise your answer or are you going to stick with your your answer?00:12:11MayOK.00:12:12HendrickOh no, I'm. I'm still sick with my answer. Yeah, I I still want to live in the happy life. That's what I want it because I think, yeah.00:12:19HendrickSometimes you know.00:12:20HendrickLike being honest, it's also, you know, hurt people's feelings. It's not just always about, like, being happy also. For example, like when you tell someone that you don't like.00:12:32HendrickHim or you don't like her? And I think that people.00:12:37HendrickThe people that say that the thing the people wanna, you know, like like other thinking and maybe yes, they'll start, you know, like depressed because you know, like how people just because these people like I really know that, you know like people.00:12:56HendrickI mean like other people don't like him. Yeah.00:13:00JackYeah, it'll hurt. You'll hurt people's feelings for sure. If you're. If we're always honest. But.00:13:06JackHonesty is the best policy as we.00:13:08JackSay in English.00:13:09JackSo all right, there we go. I think honesty wins the day today. Honesty is the winner, the clear winner. Hendrick, we still love you. It's OK. Even though you're wrong. I'm just kidding. Yeah. How's the?00:13:22JackLove you guys.00:13:23MayAre you feeling happy now?00:13:25HendrickYeah, I'm happy.00:13:28JackGood, good. OK. Well, I'm happy because I got to hang out with you guys so. And that's the. And I'm being honest and I'm happy. So there we go. All right.00:13:37LaylaThey are too.00:13:39LaylaHappy and honest.00:13:40JackListeners out there. What do you think about this? Would you rather live in a world where everyone is always happy, or a world where everyone is always honest? Let us know what you think by sending us an e-mail at A-Z, [email protected] or leave a comment on our website A-Z englishpodcast.com.00:14:00JackAnd don't forget to join our WhatsApp group. We've got great things happening in the WhatsApp group, lots of different groups. What do you guys think about the multiple groups like the news?00:14:10JackGroup and the.00:14:11JackI don't know what there's so many right.00:14:14SalimehAnd my my favorite one is the only version.00:14:18SalimehI'm more active in like I love that.00:14:21JackYou'd like to, but yeah, I.00:14:22SalimehLike steak?00:14:23SalimehOK. Yeah, I like speaking. I'm too lazy to write and I hate grammar. I'm selling things. So yeah, now I'm working on the part of my says that I'm better. So speaking either I prefer speaking so I'm more active in the only voice in school. This is a test.00:14:39JackOnly voice. And actually, that's my new habit, is to only reply in voice notes. Now because I'm so lazy, I've got fat thumbs. I can't type very fast. I make a lot of mistakes.00:14:46MayYeah. Yes, like I notice that you prefer voicemail. Sorry. Voice not these days.00:14:55JackYeah. Yeah, it's it's a pure laziness. It's just pure laziness. So.00:15:00JackYeah, I have.00:15:00JackTo leave voice notes. 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