v.

I have tasted death. I do not fear it. What I fear is dieing without exhausting myself. I must die a finished man.

[v. @_victorokoli]

"And if you understand that success is a result of skill and knowledge, not luck, i have trust that you'll figure it out."

[Tim Denning @Tim_Denning]

Poor people collect information. Rich people are obsessed with execution.

[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.

[M @mhh11_1]

أكثر ما أسعدنا لم يكن خروجه كلاعب، بل سقوطه كشخص. نرجسي، متكبر، لا يفوّت فرصة للنيل من خصومه أو التقليل منهم. لذلك لم تكن الفرحة بهزيمته كروية فقط، بل إنسانية أيضًا؛ لأن سقوط من يتغذى على التعالي ويؤذي الآخرين بخطابه يمنح شعورًا بالعدالة، ويُريح المشاعر السليمة قبل أي شيء آخر.

[Paula @gintonicoffee]

Qué gran idea, marcar bien a Messi. Seguro que a ningún técnico se le ocurrió en más de 20 años.

[Dee Macé @frmarcellinus]

After some initial years of "freedom", you realise that there's an emptiness that only God can fill.

[Essential Mastery @EssentialMastry]

Dostoevsky was right; “Every self-betrayal is a sin. Whenever you go against your nature, your body reminds you.”

If you spend enough time with anything, you start liking it, even sadness. So let’s choose people and spaces that truly elevate us. Your peace is worth it.

[Day @Daywrotethis]

A man who reads old books cannot be fully captured by modern stupidity. He has dead kings, prophets, poets, killers, saints, drunks, generals, and madmen whispering in his bloodstream. The feed has no chance against this.

[Ewgi @Ssaasquatch]

Can’t believe I’m saying this, but it looks like I won’t be able to make Budapest anymore.

If you’re an Arsenal fan and need my ticket reassigned to you, hit me up. My ticket value is $7k, but I’m happy to let it go at a concession. Pls RT

[Marcus Sensation @lofty_shining]

Sincere advice, especially for those in their 20s: if you ever find yourself creating a little theoretical framework in order make yourself feel superior to your peers, you need to immediately stop and direct that same energy toward building a real skill or making money.

[Oloye. @Ol0ye]

Does this include when he was living in a one bedroom and using his money to adopt and take care of the kids a lot of you scuff your noses at?

Or it's only after he's getting recognition for the work he's done without fanfare for over a decade?

You people need to stop feeling threatened by other people's success especially if you don't have the temerity to do what they did to get it.

[Sherry @SchrodingrsBrat]

Having loser mentality is an insult to God because you were handed a singular unrepeatable flame of consciousness as a specific individual with specific gifts and chose to let it gutter out in self-pity. Feeling small is more ingratitude than humility

The creator doesn’t make surplus people. The fact that the egg chooses the sperm means every cell in your body proliferated from a messianic selection. The loser mentality is on every level, (biologically, metaphysically, theologically, etc.) against the verdict of life

[v. @_victorokoli]

@Emoji___Queen Is it post mortem?

[v. @_victorokoli]

@Emoji___Queen I'm trying to unmute. Not working :(

[v. @_victorokoli]

@Emoji___Queen True. I think they call it first mover advantage.

[v. @_victorokoli]

@Emoji___Queen I think it's Rachel that suggested the solution to the data issue.

[v. @_victorokoli]

@REXTECH_ Here is a link to my full documentation:

https://t.co/1oRE8wCRR4

- AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate.

[REXTECH Community 💚 @REXTECH_]

It’s Oct 1st! 💚

It’s time for the #REXTECHAid FREE #AWS Foundation/Associate Voucher Monthly Challenge!

Follow these steps for a chance to win!

Part 1:
Host an on-demand streaming video with S3, CloudFront, & Route 53
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[v. @_victorokoli]

@akhigbeeromo Congrats, bro!

[Seph Murtagh @sephmurtagh]

The intro contains my favorite description of Joyce, ever. “To be narrow, peculiar, and irresponsible, and at the same time all-encompassing, relentless, and grand, is Joyce’s style of greatness…”

[Jon Calhoun @joncalhoun]

My Go courses are discounted this week!

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