First day trading on my FREE NYS Flash Account, and I'm impressed.
The platform feels responsive, execution has been smooth, and the dashboard is straightforward to navigate.
Appreciate the opportunity, @NYSMarkets. Looking forward to what's next. 🚀
First day trading on my FREE NYS Flash Account, and I'm impressed.
The platform feels responsive, execution has been smooth, and the dashboard is straightforward to navigate.
Appreciate the opportunity, @NYSMarkets. Looking forward to what's next. 🚀
Man, I remember when they were both in their prime, a lot of people used to say Ronaldo would outlast Messi.
The argument was that Ronaldo's obsession with taking care of his body would give him the edge in longevity, and that he would be the one still performing at the highest level for longer.
Looking back now, that take has aged so badly.
On Sunday, Messi fit score make I scream for top of my voice
Make lamine score too make I scream pass wetin I scream before😭😂
God I no deserve this meal chai😭❤️
My wife sat me down last month.
I had just closed my best trading week of the year.
$18,000 in 3 sessions.
She said
“I need you to get a job.”“A real one.”“Something with a title and a schedule and somewhere to be.”
I showed her the trading account.
She looked at it for 4 seconds.
Then said:
“I do not care about the money.”“You play PlayStation until 4pm.”“My friends ask what you do and I do not know what to say.”“You have no structure. No colleagues. No office. Nothing.”“It feels like living with someone who gave up.”
$300,000 to $500,000 a year.
2 to 3 hours of actual work.
And the woman who knows me best looks at me like I am her unemployed husband who refuses to get a job.
The market rewards results.
The people around you reward the appearance of effort.
Those two things are not always compatible.
Messi lost the 2007 Copa América final.
He lost the 2014 World Cup final.
He lost the 2015 Copa América final.
He lost the 2016 Copa América final.
Back then, nobody was calling him “FIFA’s favorite.” They mocked him, said he was finished with Argentina, that he only performed for Barcelona because of Xavi and Iniesta.
Then he won the 2021 Copa América, the 2022 World Cup, and the 2024 Copa América.
Suddenly he’s “FIFA’s favorite.”
The hypocrisy is obvious. Losing? He’s a failure. Winning? It’s because he’s protected. The goalposts never stop moving.
Son: Dad, I just finished watching Messi's full 2022 and 2026 World Cup highlights.
Father: Don't waste your time. FIFA rigged both tournaments for him.
Son: Really? That's what you've been saying for 20 years.
Father: Of course. FIFA wanted him to win.
Son: I'm confused though...
Father: About what?
Son: I saw Messi miss a penalty. Did FIFA tell him to miss it?
Father: Well... no.
Son: Then I watched him dribble through defenders, split defenses with impossible passes, score free-kicks, curl shots into the top corner and create assists that nobody else even saw.
Did FIFA tell him exactly where to pass?
Father: That's... not what I mean.
Son: Did FIFA teach him how to dribble five players? Did FIFA tell defenders to let him glide past them? Did FIFA tell goalkeepers to stand still while he buried free-kicks into the top corner?
Father: Well...
Son: Did FIFA control his first touch? His vision? His balance? His left foot? Did FIFA tell Julian Alvarez, Di Maria, Enzo Fernandez and the rest of Argentina to finish the chances Messi created?
Father: You're missing the point.
Son: I'm actually trying to find the point.
If FIFA rigged it, why did Messi still have to run, create chances, score goals, give assists, beat defenders and perform every single game?
Why didn't FIFA just hand him the trophy before the tournament started?
Father: That's not how rigging works.
Son: Then explain it to me.
Because from what I watched, all I saw was a football genius doing football genius things.
The only explanation I've heard is FIFA rigged it.
But every time I ask how, nobody can explain what FIFA actually did to make Messi play like that.
Father: Son... some things are better left unquestioned.
Son: So after 20 years... the evidence is still just "trust me"?
Son: I get it now.
People can argue over trophies forever.
But nobody can rig vision.
Nobody can rig dribbling.
Nobody can rig genius.
That's why the highlights are still convincing people decades later.