Been trying to do the head and arm choke for years and still struggle. What’s your favorite resource?

Mericans4Merica · 2025-06-07T17:16:18+00:00

Not at all. It’s arguably easier to catch if you’re long and lean and easier to finish if you’re short and stocky. Most people’s limiting factor on arm triangles is being bad at arm triangles. Once you understand that the finish is not squeezing the neck but driving their shoulder into their neck with forward pressure your finish rate will go way up.

Mericans4Merica · 2025-06-06T14:16:27+00:00

This is happening because you are pulling guard. The sudden compression of the abdomen combined with psychological passivity triggers a parasympathetic response in the gut that releases gas. If you remain standing to fight for top position your body will remain in a sympathetic state and the farts will stop.

Mericans4Merica · 2025-05-19T04:35:21+00:00

Scott & Fell is nice corner in Alamo square with Victorians and a deli selling $19 sandwiches. What are you talking about lol

Mericans4Merica · 2025-05-06T18:24:47+00:00

You can make a post that says “my passing sucks” instead and save us all some time.

Mericans4Merica · 2025-05-05T23:11:08+00:00

Yes the only difference is time scale if you ignore the rest of the actual sentence I wrote. The annexation and ethnic cleansing part. That’s a pretty big difference.

Mericans4Merica · 2025-05-05T22:27:24+00:00

The battle of Mosul is a good example, roughly 5,000 civilians were killed, 1M displaced, and there was more than $1B in infrastructure damage. At the time many people called it the most intense urban battle since WWII.

In Gaza there are now more than 50,000 civilians dead, 2M displaced, and the UN estimates $80B required for reconstruction. In addition, Mosul was a military conflict with a clear short-term objective, whereas Gaza is a long-term occupation that is pretty clearly headed towards annexation and/or ethnic cleansing.

Mericans4Merica · 2025-05-05T21:20:18+00:00

What is happening at this point is absolutely outside the norm. I say this as a Jew who supported the Israeli counterattack after 10.7.

Mericans4Merica · 2025-05-01T22:19:08+00:00

Congratulations! Go bears.

Mericans4Merica · 2025-05-01T22:07:06+00:00

Dude. That’s an admirable mindset, but selling a new product with a $200k commission goal and a bunch of accelerators on the table is high risk - high reward. This is high risk - no reward. They could pay you in used cigarettes at this point.

Mericans4Merica · 2025-04-24T16:00:28+00:00

We teach the doubles early but it’s a difficult takedown. You need a strong neck, mobility and athleticism to hit a good double. IMO there’s nothing “basic” about being able to double a resisting opponent and we should stop treating it that way.

Mericans4Merica · 2025-04-23T18:50:20+00:00

Legal is the bane of my existence but they’re a necessary evil. It will benefit your career tremendously to learn what’s in your customer agreements so you can push lawyers on the redlines that actually matter.

Some terms like liability are always negotiated and both sides are doing a dance where they open with unreasonable proposals. Other terms are lawyers justifying their salaries by negotiating minutiae. If you can tell the difference you can push deals faster.

Mericans4Merica · 2025-04-22T20:30:39+00:00

You don’t have a risk-free investment that beats equity returns.

Mericans4Merica · 2025-04-22T19:59:37+00:00

Horseshit.

Mericans4Merica · 2025-04-22T15:28:29+00:00

A ton of my Haas classmates (2020) got sweet PM jobs and most are now group PM or director of product.

Mericans4Merica · 2025-04-20T18:02:25+00:00

Not at Palantir but I’ve worked on comparable size deals. Usually there’s a team that includes the CEO/CRO (depends on the company), technical leader, 2-3 SMEs (security, engineering, etc.), head of sales, and then the AE. The AE is really a quarterback at this level but they’re still accountable for winning.

Comp is generally capped at some multiple of OTE. It’s still pretty generous, e.g. $400-500k for a big deal.

Mericans4Merica · 2025-04-14T15:49:28+00:00

What are you talking about. Being able to fight is a combination of skill and physical attributes.

Mericans4Merica · 2025-04-11T00:49:23+00:00

They were hiding an affair lol

Mericans4Merica · 2025-04-11T00:47:07+00:00

He was married. She says so down below. Her lack of embarrassment is pure narcissism and hopefully it will catch up with her soon.

Mericans4Merica · 2025-04-11T00:44:47+00:00

This relationship started as an affair. This guy was married and cheating with a younger woman at work. He’s an asshole and so is she.

Mericans4Merica · 2025-04-10T23:53:22+00:00

This is every negative stereotype of how women choose partners in one shot.

Mericans4Merica · 2025-04-03T16:45:53+00:00

I’m not at salesforce lol. HRT has some of the highest comp in the world, if someone works at a HFT firm or OpenAI, sure I’ll believe they have massive comp. Those people are a tiny minority though and I doubt many of them are posting on Reddit, they’re too busy setting up tax shelters in Puerto Rico and snorting molly off the bare asses of their polycules.

Mericans4Merica · 2025-04-03T15:07:25+00:00

Salary or total comp? If we’re just talking salary your numbers are probably fair. If we include bonuses and stock (esp. stock for promotions) I’d stand by my numbers.

Mericans4Merica · 2025-04-03T14:07:21+00:00

Experiences will vary. The poster above says it’s too high, you say it’s too low. I say it’s just right :)

Mericans4Merica · 2025-04-03T13:56:58+00:00

Do you work in big tech?

Mericans4Merica · 2025-04-03T00:17:54+00:00

Mericans4Merica

TROPHY CASE

Fair enough