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Why Spaniards live long, and Lithuanians — “well, however God gives”

A Spaniard ages slowly.

A Lithuanian — efficiently.

A Spaniard has wrinkles from the sun.

A Lithuanian — from thinking.

Morning: the start of life

🇪🇸 A Spaniard in the morning:

goes to a bar

has a coffee

chats

is in no rush to live yet

🇱🇹 A Lithuanian in the morning:

wakes up

sighs

and is already tired, even though nothing has been done yet

Stress appears in a Lithuanian body earlier than caffeine.

Emotions: where years of life disappear

Spaniards handle emotions by:

shouting them out

crying them out

drinking them out

and forgetting

Lithuanians handle emotions by:

locking them up

freezing them

passing them on to their children genetically

Psychologists call it trauma.

Lithuanians call it “character.”

Food: the last line of defense

A Spaniard eats:

🫒 olive oil

🥗 vegetables

🍷 wine

🧠 and joy

A Lithuanian eats:

🥔 potatoes

🥓 lard

☕ nerves

💊 and “ah, it’ll do”

A Spaniard asks:

“Is it tasty?”

A Lithuanian asks:

“Is it filling?”

The difference: 10 years of life.

Work: where longevity is buried

A Spaniard works, but doesn’t die at work.

A Lithuanian works as if retirement were the afterlife.

🇪🇸 Spaniard:

“Tomorrow.”

🇱🇹 Lithuanian:

“It has to be now, because what if it gets worse later.”

And it does. Most often — for the heart.

Evening: time to face yourself

A Spaniard in the evening:

sits with people

laughs

lives

sleeps

A Lithuanian in the evening:

sits with thoughts

remembers every embarrassment since 2007

googles “why does my chest hurt”

and doesn’t sleep

The big truth no one wants to hear

Spaniards live long because:

they hate loudly

love loudly

and don’t lock themselves inside

Lithuanians live shorter lives because:

they endure everything

stay silent

and die very neatly

The final blow

A Spaniard in old age says:

“I lived.”

A Lithuanian in old age says:

“I should’ve worried less.”

And that’s the problem — no one ever said how…