A to Z Quick Chat 86 | Do you believe in fate?

In this episode of The A to Z English Podcast, Xochitl and Jack talk about whether or not they believe in the idea of fate. Transcript: 00:00:01 Jack Welcome 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. 00:00:23 Jack From grammar and vocabulary to slang and culture to help you navigate the English speaking world with ease. 00:00:34 Jack Welcome to the A to. 00:00:35 Jack Z English podcast My name is Jack and I'm here. 00:00:37 Jack With my co-host. 00:00:38 Jack Social and today we are doing a quick chat episode and today's quick chat question is. 00:00:47 Jack Do you believe in the concept of fate that everything happens for a reason? So social, do you believe in fate? 00:01:00 Xochitl Do I believe in fate well? 00:01:05 Xochitl It This one is kind of hard. I don't think there is a predetermined state or destiny. 00:01:14 Xochitl But I think there's kind of like a butterfly effect which for our listeners who don't know what that is, it's like a scientific term to describe how like a butterfly flaps its wings and it causes a chain of different reactions that leads up to. 00:01:34 Xochitl Some big thing. It could be like a. 00:01:38 Xochitl Like a hurricane, I think is the biggest example is, yeah. 00:01:41 Jack Right, like a like a butterfly flaps its wings in Brazil, and there's a hurricane in Florida because of that. You know something? 00:01:52 Xochitl Yes, I think I believe kind of in like a butterfly effect with their personal choices like we could. 00:01:52 Jack Like that, yeah. 00:02:02 Xochitl It's like yesterday I went out for a I went out to a party cause it's Mexico's Independence Day. 00:02:09 Xochitl And and it's like a butterfly effect because say you go out and you get robbed. 00:02:21 Xochitl Then you lost all your money for the month, or you go out and you meet the love of your life and you end up getting married to them like it's just so weird, because making one little choice like will I go out today or tomorrow? 00:02:42 Xochitl Or am I going to go to the grocery store right now and you across the street and get hit by a car or you go to the grocery store and you're the 100th customer and they give? 00:02:53 Xochitl You $1,000,000. 00:02:55 Xochitl Just like you just. 00:02:56 Xochitl Never know where life is gonna take you on some really tiny decision. 00:02:57 발표자 OK. 00:03:02 Xochitl And I've read a lot about that, like people who said they were a few minutes late to work, so they missed 9/11, which for our viewers who aren't familiar, was a really huge tragedy in the United States. That happened when I was still in diapers. But the planes crashed in the Twin Towers and a lot. 00:03:19 Xochitl Of people died and. 00:03:22 Xochitl A lot of people talk about how they were minutes late to work and missed. 00:03:26 Xochitl Dying and getting killed and caught up in that horrible disaster because of just like, ohh, their alarm didn't go off or their alarm did go off. So they took five extra minutes in the shower or they burned their toes and made some new. 00:03:40 Xochitl Toast. So yeah. How about you, Jack? 00:03:43 Xochitl Do you believe in fate? 00:03:45 Jack Yeah, I mean, I definitely should because. 00:03:50 Jack For, I think I told the story of How I Met my wife, but we we met at a school, but we were only friends at that time. We we weren't dating and. 00:04:03 Jack And then I I left Korea and I went to another country and she went to another country. And it wasn't until two years later. 00:04:15 Jack When I was just walking on the street in Seoul. 00:04:19 Jack That I ran into her in a city of however many million people there are in Korea. 00:04:24 Xochitl Like 10 of people or something. 00:04:27 Jack Just by chance because