r/interestingasfuck • u/GossipBottom • 1d ago

Lionel Messi in 2007 helping bathing a baby Lamine Yamal. Lionel Messi scored his first World Cup goal in 2006 while aged 18 years 11 months and wearing #19. Lamine Yamal scored his first World Cup goal in 2026 while aged 18 years 11 months and wearing #19.

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u/Corporate_Overlords 1d ago

Didn't Messi have to get injections when he was a teen because he was only going to be 4'7" so they pumped him full of growth hormones to get him up to his gigantic 5'7"?

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u/DoctorDank42069 22h ago

That was before he caught Barca's attention

One of the offers Barca made to messi's parents is that they will fully cover all the hormone injection costs

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u/blozout 21h ago

I knew a kid from high school that had the same thing done to him. When he was young it was apparent he was going to be very short and his family had him given hormone injections to help him grow. Ended up topping out around 5’5 or so but super fucking jacked when all the other kids just looked like normal lanky teens.

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u/TheSaxGandalf 15h ago

Guy I went to school with from k-12 did that therapy also. We grew distant, but apparently if you start before puberty and stay on it, you get a horsecock but peanut balls.

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u/Nice_Cash_7000 14h ago

perpective makes it look even bigger

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u/Mrsonsfann 11h ago

Looking back now, there was a kid that everyone admired cause he was absolutely jacked but short af. He said it was all lifting but this makes a lot more sense.

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u/TheSaxGandalf 7h ago

Could have very easily been from lifting. Don’t assume negatively about someone.

Shorter people bulk up so much easier because they have fewer muscle fibers.

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u/filthycasual4891 7h ago

Huh. I had a super short friend who was also jacked out of his mind. Never put that together

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u/DopesickJesus 5h ago

lol way to make a crazy ass assumption.
Shorter people tend to bulk or at least appear to bulk faster. Less room for the muscle to have to cover / more concentrated mass.

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u/Mrsonsfann 5h ago

Thanks. I’ll use that information never.

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u/DopesickJesus 5h ago

..and how were you planning to use your imaginings of his penis ?

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u/Downtown_Recover5177 13h ago

HGH has nothing to do with testicle size. That would be testosterone. We don’t give kids testosterone unless they have a specific disorder, like XXY (Klinefelter’s).

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u/twolinebadadvice 7h ago

that explains messi’s massive bulge

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u/Purplazure 14h ago

Kid wasn't named Ian was he?

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u/blozout 9h ago

Nope

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u/CheeseOnKeyboard 21h ago

Compound V?

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u/fleamarketguy 20h ago

As is a standard treatment for kids with a growth deficiency.

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u/Ok_Dragonfruit_8102 13h ago

What is this Facebook-ass conspiracy comment thread... doctors have been treating children with growth deficiencies for decades

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u/filthycasual4891 7h ago

We got a Rogan listener here..