# A modest proposal re MPSIMS **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 8, 2006, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-modest-proposal-re-mpsims/359968 "2006-06-08T22:33:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2006, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-modest-proposal-re-mpsims/359968/21 "2006-06-09T04:50:40Z")
Hi! _waves_ ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2006, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-modest-proposal-re-mpsims/359968/22 "2006-06-09T09:20:06Z")
We could rename it “Wibble”. Wibble is a good, useful word that means whatever you want it to be- everything and nothing, if you will. Suits it rather well. The fact it’s my favourite word is just a coincidence, I tells ya! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2006, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-modest-proposal-re-mpsims/359968/23 "2006-06-09T10:12:58Z")
Please find below the solution to all our problems: 1. Drop the AT from ATMB. 2. Post all threads to MB. The advantages of this plan are blindingly obvious: 3. MPSIMS disappears into oblivion along with all the other annoying forum names. 4. Threads will no longer suffer the humiliation of being moved all over the place. 5. That’s it. This post has beem so carefully thought out that there is absolutely nowhere else to move it (under the current but now obsolete nomenclative regime). ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2006, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-modest-proposal-re-mpsims/359968/24 "2006-06-09T11:03:03Z")
> [@Chez Guevara](#): > > This post has beem so carefully thought out… Not that carefully, apparently. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2006, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-modest-proposal-re-mpsims/359968/25 "2006-06-09T11:09:18Z")
I like MPSIMS. When I talk to another Doper, I say Em-Pee-Sims, they know what I mean. It’s traditional. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2006, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-modest-proposal-re-mpsims/359968/26 "2006-06-09T11:58:58Z")
I think the wit displayed in the original thread title that Opal spoke of deserves to live on. And, yes, I think it’s a perfect description of most of the posts to that forum, which are indeed mundane, pointless and relentlessly shared. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2006, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-modest-proposal-re-mpsims/359968/27 "2006-06-09T13:06:30Z")
Ya know, when something ain’t broke, don’t fix it. It really is fine as is, it’s a part of our history, even. No disrespect intended but “gallimaufry” sounds more like a condiment than a forum. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2006, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-modest-proposal-re-mpsims/359968/28 "2006-06-09T13:36:05Z")
> [@Ice Wolf](#): > > I like MPSIMS. When I talk to another Doper, I say Em-Pee-Sims, they know what I mean. It’s traditional. I call it “Mipsims”. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2006, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-modest-proposal-re-mpsims/359968/29 "2006-06-09T14:41:21Z")
I see MPSIMS and always tranlate it as “Mundane, Pointless Shit I Must Share”. It gives me a warm feeling when I see it. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2006, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-modest-proposal-re-mpsims/359968/30 "2006-06-09T14:56:35Z")
I favor MPSIMS. It’s unique, easy and catchy. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2006, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-modest-proposal-re-mpsims/359968/31 "2006-06-09T15:19:33Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > No disrespect intended but “gallimaufry” sounds more like a condiment than a forum. 🙂 I like my sandwich with extra gallimaufry! Robin ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2006, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-modest-proposal-re-mpsims/359968/32 "2006-06-09T15:57:47Z")
> [@OpalCat](#): > > I doubt they will change it, because of the way it was named in the first place. Nostalgia, and all. Though us oldies who remember it and would care are getting fewer and fewer… What? You’re getting fewer and fewer what? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2006, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-modest-proposal-re-mpsims/359968/33 "2006-06-09T19:08:32Z")
> [@saoirse](#): > > What? You’re getting fewer and fewer what? Sammiches, of course. _DO_ try to keep up. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2006, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-modest-proposal-re-mpsims/359968/34 "2006-06-09T19:10:24Z")
fewer and fewer in number 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2006, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-modest-proposal-re-mpsims/359968/35 "2006-06-09T19:34:00Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > Call it _ **Ten Forward** _ > > It’s a place where people go to hang out, talk, play games, flirt, share photos and stories… No way. Because then someone would want to call it “The Cantina” and one more SW v ST thread would cause the heat death of the universe. ---
**Author:** ![Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/278dde/32.png) [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2006, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-modest-proposal-re-mpsims/359968/36 "2006-06-10T21:45:18Z")
> [@Harmonious Discord](#): > > I see MPSIMS and always tranlate it as “Mundane, Pointless Shit I Must Share”. It gives me a warm feeling when I see it. Me, too…I seriously thought “stuff” was just a euphemism. I think the name should stay. Trust me…99.9% of what people want to share is important to them and not to anyone else. And when I post my 99.9%, I don’t want anyone telling me I can’t 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-modest-proposal-re-mpsims/359968.md?page=1)