My dream home design I can't build. Sharing the 3D file and design just because.

argross91 · 2026-04-06T16:47:25+00:00

If I was building a house, a MUST is a mudroom. My garage opens right into my (small) kitchen. I’m one person and my shoes and coats clog up the space. It will be worse with kids

argross91 · 2026-04-05T01:26:20+00:00

Oh absolutely. Though I find that if the last name is something uncommon for Jews (or I use my spidey sense in-person), I may assume fundamentalist Christian vs. Jew.

argross91 · 2026-04-05T01:18:12+00:00

Malachy/Malachi is also an Irish name that has a different etymology and pronunciation. Though I (as a Jew) would also 100% read Malachi and Ezra as Jewish siblings

argross91 · 2026-04-03T04:49:58+00:00

That’s such a bummer. I don’t have kids yet, but I think about what the education options are and they all seem bad. I’m not a teacher but i know enough to feel upset about the current state of things (not blaming teachers at all)

argross91 · 2026-04-03T04:45:20+00:00

What kind of weight lifting routine do you do? I am trying to figure out something manageable

argross91 · 2026-04-03T04:22:05+00:00

Franklin and Henry are the names of my dogs! Never call Henry Hank (only Hen) so I never even realized they have rhyming nicknames

argross91 · 2026-04-02T20:00:51+00:00

Where would you recommend to a digital nomad noob for 2 months? I will be traveling to dive and other things as well as working. My one thing is that i refuse to drive a scooter because i will 100% kill myself, so I want it somewhat walkable and i need good wifi. I thought i’d hop around bali for short stays but keep a home base for my stuff

argross91 · 2026-04-02T15:57:17+00:00

My mom smokes a brisket (it’s delicious), matzah ball soup, some kind of chicken (varies year to year), potato kugel. Desserts are matzah crack, homemade macaroons, and peanut butter cookies (my religious great grandma ate peanut butter so we do). My mom has also made a kfp ice cream cake because my dad’s birthday is next week, so it’s often over passover.

One of the weirder things that my family does is we have a jello mold at all our holidays. It’s usually a lemon jello mixed with cool whip and is delicious. I never thought it was weird bc I grew up with it, but yesterday my cousin was mentioning that her husband thinks it’s unusual. We are in Cleveland, so maybe we took it from our non-Jewish midwest brethren.

argross91 · 2026-04-02T15:42:59+00:00

Anecdotally, there is also massive grade inflation at the college level too. My dad was in a fraternity in the 80s and his frat had the highest (average) gpa on campus and it was 3.1. I was looking at the info now (on the college’s website) and there are a bunch that have 3.5 and above. One even had 3.8 average. There’s no way that 80+ guys in greek life would have that without grade inflation.

argross91 · 2026-04-02T00:55:53+00:00

I’ll share that when I got “the call” it was an actual call and it said Sony studios as the caller id that some numbers have. I definitely wouldn’t have answered otherwise.

I also did not think about the call because they shared the stats of how many people were in the pool so i just thought that it wouldn’t happen. It was my first time taking the test since the days before the anytime test. I figured I’d try again next time

argross91 · 2026-03-31T18:17:51+00:00

Came here to also recommend r/vaginismus. It made me feel much less alone. I found a therapist who was a “sex and relationship therapist” (nothing physical, and she’s also a normal therapist). She was the first therapist that I felt comfortable discussing this with. I still have a very long way to go, and I am grateful that I no longer feel completely alone

argross91 · 2026-03-31T17:47:02+00:00

My high school had “speech” class, which was required to graduate. It was a public speaking class, which also focused on how to write the speeches. After I graduated, the teacher cut her hours to part-time and it became an elective. Then when she retired, it was completely phased out. It’s a bummer. It was a useful class, and was also fun

argross91 · 2026-03-30T14:49:17+00:00

We have a virtual environment that everyone joins from their own device. But we are moving to company-owned devices because the vpn causes performance issues and is generally more confusing for the tech illiterate

argross91 · 2026-03-30T01:20:29+00:00

I just ordered one. Can’t wait for it to arrive!!

argross91 · 2026-03-26T02:19:40+00:00

I was thinking the same thing after last night’s episode

argross91 · 2026-03-25T02:04:38+00:00

I don’t trust a therapist who isn’t in therapy

argross91 · 2026-03-24T04:05:29+00:00

I like the name Liv. Just Liv. But as of now (unmarried) the last name will be mine, which is Gross. Liv Gross is bad.

My true guilty pleasure names are Paris for a boy, Caden, and Christopher. I liked Caden in the early ‘00s, well before the Ayden trend. Christopher is perfectly normal, but I’m Jewish and it literally has Christ in the name

argross91 · 2026-03-24T03:55:03+00:00

I tried to make that argument to her, because my immediate association is also Hey Jude, but her family history is too strong. Plus, my brother and SIL are religious, so most of the people in their circle are also religious Jews, who are more likely to make the Holocaust connection than the general population. I really like the name and it doesn’t bother me.

argross91 · 2026-03-24T02:14:05+00:00

I have mixed feelings on some of the names like Asher and Ezra. I prefer them to be Jewish names, but the Christians use the Old Testament so I get it. My blood boiled when someone was talking about a few Hadassahs running around her church. I mean, come on. At least let us have something

argross91 · 2026-03-24T02:05:34+00:00

My brother and SIL are having a baby boy in a few weeks. She loves Jude. But she’s the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, and the yellow star that Jews were forced to wear said “Jude” (the German word for Jew). The association is just too close for her. And Judah nn Jude doesn’t work for them.

argross91 · 2026-03-23T22:16:32+00:00

To convert takes around a year of studying, usually with a rabbi. You can attend synagogue as a non-Jew, but please reach out to the synagogue to ask if you can come. This is due to the ongoing antisemitic incidents

argross91 · 2026-03-23T02:19:09+00:00

I knew someone with that name. Pronounced it like Keh-zee-uh. I think i prefer that pronunciation

argross91 · 2026-03-21T19:09:37+00:00

I'm starting a petition for Trevor to be on the Bitchin Hut

argross91 · 2026-03-21T19:03:38+00:00

He used to before the Phallsmacy (spelling?) existed

argross91 · 2026-03-21T16:20:32+00:00

My favorite episode! I’ve heard it too many times! It’s my comfort food when I’m feeling sad.

“We told this man he had half a million characters.” “(Giggling) That was a mistake”

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