Madhav Jindal

Exploring life through pixels

[rosie @therosieum]

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[Barça Pictures #14 @Barca__pictures]

It doesn’t feel good but it doesn’t feel horrible either. Weird feeling.

[CHIPFAT @CHIPFAT_]

One last dance, GOAT.

[Dexerto @Dexerto]

YouTuber Cristiano Ronaldo has confirmed that this will be his last World Cup

[Appie Culé @appiecule]

I’m going to take my time with this one. If you’re busy, save this post and read it later. If you’re a night owl like me, this is a good late-night read.

Do you know the worst thing about Cristiano Ronaldo?

It’s that he set the standards for what defines a legend… and in the end, he couldn’t even live up to the standards he created himself.

After winning Euro 2016, Ronaldo said:

“You can’t become a legend until you win a trophy with your national team.”

It was an obvious dig at Messi.

Argentina had just lost the 2014 World Cup final to Germany, and Messi was going through the toughest period of his international career. Those words only added fuel to the fire.

Where was the respect for a rival, Ronaldo?

The surprising part was that social media completely embraced that narrative. Messi was labeled a bottler, while Ronaldo was declared the winner of the rivalry—at least in the media, not on the pitch.

Then Messi retired from international football, came back, won the Copa América, and suddenly they were level in major international trophies.

What happened next?

Ronaldo fans started saying that one Euro is worth more than a hundred Copa Américas, claiming there was no competition in South America. Not true—but that became the excuse.

Then Messi went on to win the World Cup.

This time, the excuses changed again.

They claimed FIFA had fixed the tournament for Messi. That the World Cup was scripted in his favor. They simply didn’t know what else to say.

Then Ronaldo himself came out with one of the strangest quotes imaginable:

“A legend’s career can’t be defined by just seven games.”

At first glance, it sounds reasonable.

But beneath it was another attempt to diminish what Messi had achieved.

Before the World Cup, they insisted it would be Ronaldo’s tournament. On paper, Portugal had a fantastic squad. If the manager couldn’t get the best out of them, that’s Portugal’s problem—not Ronaldo’s.

Yet that same Portugal squad wasn’t any weaker than the Argentina team Messi led to the 2014 World Cup final—the same team people mocked Messi for not carrying to the title.

Just a couple of days ago, Ronaldo said:

“The World Cup doesn’t define my career, whether I win it or not.”

A statement that directly contradicts what he had said years earlier, when he admitted that winning the World Cup would make him feel completely fulfilled.

Now you’re 41 years old, Cristiano.

By your own standards:

* You have 5 Ballon d’Ors, not 8.
* You have one European Championship, not two Copa América titles.
* You never won the World Cup.
* You have four European Golden Shoes, while Messi has six—even though you’re an out-and-out striker.

So what now?

Will you keep playing until the next World Cup and become the first player to appear in one at 45, hoping to finally win it?

If we judged you by the standards you created, you wouldn’t qualify as a legend.

Of course, nobody actually judges you that way. Everyone still recognizes you as one of football’s greatest legends.

The real mistake was comparing Ronaldo to Messi in the first place.

That rivalry was exaggerated from the beginning by the media and figures like José Mourinho.

Messi conquered every major trophy available to him, shattered records that once seemed untouchable, and at 39 years old he’s still competing with Kylian Mbappé and Erling Haaland—the stars of the next generation—for the Golden Boot. And honestly, he could still win it.

What made Messi beloved by so many fans is that he never tried to diminish Ronaldo’s achievements.

Ronaldo, on the other hand, repeatedly made comments that many interpreted as attempts to downplay his greatest rival’s accomplishments—and that’s never an admirable trait.

Cristiano helped create a generation that thinks belittling other people’s achievements while constantly glorifying your own is a way to establish dominance.

Good bye. Ronaldo.

[All About Argentina 🛎🇦🇷 @AlbicelesteTalk]

Enough is enough. We’ve reached a point where it feels like anything people say about Argentina will go viral. No one can convince me that everything I’m seeing isn’t driven, at least in part, by chasing engagement.

It’s somehow Argentina’s fault that a clear penalty wasn’t given to them tonight, but no one wants to talk about that because it doesn’t generate interactions.

It’s Argentina’s fault that Portugal didn’t finish top of their group, and that neither Uruguay nor Spain managed to beat Cape Verde.

It’s Argentina’s fault that people keep spamming Messi’s out-of-context tackle against Algeria, while much harsher challenges have gone unpunished throughout this World Cup.

It’s Argentina’s fault that a Cape Verde player dove when Paredes didn’t even touch him, but that doesn’t fit the narrative people want.

We’ve seen terrible VAR decisions and far more controversial incidents throughout this World Cup, yet they barely get any attention because they don’t involve Argentina.

Everything is Argentina’s fault. I've never seen anything like this.

[Rudra Pratap Singh @Rudrax321]

Sex is good but have you ever scrolled through twitter after Messi scored a goal

[Harshit Jain @jain_harshit]

Google just paused the YouTube Premium subscription for my parents because we use a family plan and currently don't live in same city

Dear @Google, if you want to verify a family, ask for official proof. Mandating that a family has to stay in same household is very old school

[𝒍𝒖𝒏𝒂 @naturaholic]

There are landscapes like this on earth and tomorrow morning I’ll be stuck in front of a shitty Excel spreadsheet

[Abhijit Vaidya @AbhijitVaidya]

Your weather app runs on models built for London and New York.

Indian thunderstorms are 2-3km wide, last under an hour and form where no model predicted. The same GFS that nails London rain 3 days out struggles with Pune rain 3 hours out.

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#Weather #India #Monsoon #Pune #Punerains

[🇳🇬SB @DavidSB4_]

I was baffled when I came onto social media and discovered this movie was widely hated

[V!sh @VishalNama18]

Justice for Dogesh

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

Spectacular Bagurumba Dwhou programme in Guwahati!

[Jazz The JRPG Queen 👑❤️🎮 @JazzLikesToGame]

When you hit that 9,999 damage for the first time in a JRPG:

[#Sackdube @LogicUnknown_]

@SelflessCricket From recent years I always used to hatewatch kohli

To troll his fans

But today I don't know what happened to me

I actually enjoyed his century 😭😭

[Madhav Jindal @MasterOogway04]

@BarcaWorldwide Forca Barca!!!

[Nick Watts 🇺🇸 @NickWatts]

On Wednesdays, instead of killing yourself, try Draft Asahi and Ramen