Parzicano

3D Animator, Deanslist Maxi, Solana Power User, Hyperdrive Hackathon Winner.

[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.

[Melanin Queen👑🌹 @onlyone_success]

Attention Please!!! Something just happened right now and it's not a good thing. I am disappointed and very angry right now.

I was in a restaurant having lunch, and two female nurses walked in wearing their uniforms.
They sat down at the table behind my back. Ordered for food they were taking back to the hospital they came from.

I was actually enjoying my meal until one of them asked her colleague how she was able to inject the old man that was admitted yesterday..
Her response was, "I looked for veins but I no see. I tried his second hand, I no see any veins, na so I vex give am the injection like that."
Her stvpid colleague was busy laughing..

I quickly grabbed my phone and put it in record. Acted like I was stretching my body.
Then the other of her colleague said that's what she normally does each time she didn't see a vein to put the syringe 💉.
They said other annoying things that if it was a working country, they will NEVER be allowed to work in any health-care system.
They both ended their silly conversation by saying "me I can't kill myself abeg oh"

I recorded it. When they were done talking, I saved it, and listened to it to be sure I captured that part they said those annoying things...
As they picked their food and walked out of the restaurant, I slowly monitored their movements and followed them to the hospital where they were employed.. It was not even far from the restaurant.
As they were going upstairs, I walked in and respectfully called the two of them. Then I asked to see their boss, they called him and I reported the two of them to him. I played the record I had and threatened him to either sack them or I will report the hospital to the government since it's a private hospital..

I don't care about what you will call it. I know some of you will say I'm wicked because I asked for them to be sacked, but you see that thing they said? It's unprofessional and they are being nonchalant with people's lives..
You don't just insert a syringe 💉 anywhere you wish to.

[tetsuo @tetsuoai]

History's first trillionaire is a guy who catches rockets out of the sky with chopsticks and beams internet to every dead zone on the planet.

Same guy ships cars that drive themselves, humanoid robots for the factory floor, brain chips that let paralyzed people move a cursor with pure thought, and an AI running on a supercomputer his team stood up in months instead of years.

And the people crashing out about his net worth are doing it on the app he owns. The same app governments spent years trying to censor.

You cannot legislate a rocket into orbit.

[Chelsea FC @ChelseaFC]

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[Parzicano @Parzicano]

@realmsdaos @solanamobile Been using the app since yesterday, didn't know it officially launched today 😅

[Kay @KayIdung]

First win this month and year!

Thank you @SentientAGI ❤️

I didn't even put much effort like I did for other projects 😕

[EA SPORTS FC @EASPORTSFC]

Three Coles. Total confusion. Perfect chemistry.

Play the new @ChelseaFC Classic XI in #FC26, all Coles included: https://t.co/AQodwRLdRV

[Parzicano @Parzicano]

@KayIdung @christianozoude Thanks for the tagalong 🙏, @christianozoude What'd you have in mind? Let's chat in the DMs?

[Parzicano @Parzicano]

@KayIdung @blockstranding @solanamobile

[Nomadz 🧳 @NOMADZxyz]

We’ve completed Milestone 3 of the Solana Grants Program 🧳

→ 10K+ registered users
→ 19K transactions
→ 700+ NFTs minted
→ Won @solanamobile Hackathon
→ Partnered with @MadLads, @Superteam, @KumekaTeam, @sns & more

Nomadz is scaling fast! Next stop: Seeker📱

[Kay @KayIdung]

Are we still expecting cysic mainnet launch on the 20th?

[Humble Lee ⓛ @humblelee71]

https://t.co/lL3VZK3JCq

[Superteam Nigeria @SuperteamNG]

Happy to announce the results of the two-week Developers’ Sprint carried out by Nigerian Developers with hands-on integration of Metaplex Core and MPL-404 on their products.

Six products participated in the sprint, with the judging handled by the Metaplex DAO Grants (@metaplex) managed by Island DAO (@islanddao).

After careful review, we’re excited to share the winners: @airbillspay and @rust_undead. Both will be rewarded from a prize pool of 100,000 $MPLX tokens (about $10,000) grants.

A big shoutout to all the other products that participated and shipped: @useSupercharge, @Ninjapay_xyz, @moonlamboe & @gildore_on_sol.

The energy from this sprint shows how fast ideas turn into products when Nigerian builders come together.
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@airbillspay is a blockchain-powered platform that enables users to pay bills and book flights using stablecoins. With 600+ active users and daily transactions, they’ve enhanced their loyalty ecosystem by integrating Metaplex (via @verxioprotocol) to offer NFT-based rewards.

Web app: https://t.co/lr7MwA9Gbt
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@rust_undead is a game that aims to help users learn more about Solana before using the tech. Think Crypto Zombies + Duolingo, but on Solana. The core purpose is to transform blockchain education from confusing jargon into practical knowledge through amazing gameplay, onchain PvP battle and story mode.

Live link: https://t.co/651DInLqH9

[Parzicano @Parzicano]

@bangerz Lmao, ai moving mad these days 😂

[Kay @KayIdung]

What @cysic_xyz is building with ComputeFi is different, it’s a real step toward making powerful, trustworthy compute available to everyone.

They’re mixing the power of modern GPUs with the security of cryptography so that anyone, anywhere, can access fast, reliable, and verifiable AI.

This matters because it means:

- Fair access to tools, not just for big players

- More room for new ideas and innovation

- Better privacy and control over your own work

- A world less dependent on centralized systems

Cysic is shifting power back to people. (PDP)🤤

The future is open.

The future is fair.

The future is ComputeFi.

[meow @weremeow]

nahhhhhhhh, that will just generate buzz right now for BUBBLE but makes it harder for them to broaden their appeals to get to the next step

my goal is to help studio projects aim for being a world class mainstream meme or brand

(or freaky and weird that some segment of the world will love 😂😂)

building around me or jup’s brand does not make sense, I’m like known only by a small
segment of weird crypto nerds

brand adjacency makes sense to overcome the cold start problem, but brand reliance does not.

thin line I know, but a line regardless.

take BUBBLE for example - incredible viral potential (wow, everything does look great w a BUBBLE WTF), but making it a jup cut and having the jup brand on the side is kinda limiting.

so yeh, my goal is not to create volumes, it’s to create communities, brands and concepts that i think has resonance.

[Parzicano @Parzicano]

@weremeow In the end it's always the community that's the main driving factor to sustainable success in the long term, but I don't think adjacency with Jup like you mentioned might in any way really hinder Bubble

[Parzicano @Parzicano]

@Justin_Bons So you're basically saying the L2 scaling was always gonna be a fluke and it wasn't necessary? I initially thought that it showed promis, that is until decentralization wasn't the focus anymore but I still think it can be course corrected, wdyt?

[Kay @KayIdung]

It’s another Weekend but the goal is still the same

One TGE can turn your timeline upside down

@cysic_xyz isn’t just another ZK project

it's the backbone of ComputeFi

This = hardware sovereignty in play

Decentralized compute isn’t a Fad

It's the future

gMsor.