# Jump to forum change. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 13, 2004, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jump-to-forum-change/250180 "2004-06-13T21:34:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Binarydrone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jump-to-forum-change/250180/1 "2004-06-13T21:34:33Z")
:mad: I hate that MPSIMS is now listed out longhand. It makes the Jump to Forum drop down look silly for the shorter more reasonably named forums. That is all. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jump-to-forum-change/250180/2 "2004-06-13T21:59:52Z")
Agree. I guess all the hordes of newbies weren’t able to figure out what MPSIMS means? I’m sure this will totally bring an end to people posting things in the wrong forum. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jump-to-forum-change/250180/3 "2004-06-13T23:09:17Z")
The reason for the change is discussed in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=261165). ---
**Author:** ![leenmi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f1d935/32.png) [@leenmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leenmi)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jump-to-forum-change/250180/4 "2004-06-13T23:18:52Z")
I knew something had changed! I just couldn’t be sure. ---
**Author:** ![Sylkyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sylkyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylkyn)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jump-to-forum-change/250180/5 "2004-06-13T23:21:55Z")
Heh! I just thought it was my browser doing whatever it wanted to…yet again. Glad to know I am not just seeing things. Doesn’t bug me, per se. It may just take a little getting used to. No biggie. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jump-to-forum-change/250180/6 "2004-06-14T04:28:28Z")
I keep forgetting how succinct and accurate the name of that forum is. :rolleyes: Something as simple as “Random Thoughts” would be completely out of the question, since people have already memorized MPSIMS. I’d never have started a gripe about this, but since it’s here…the forum name is nothing less than stupid. Good thing we revised it to a more lengthy, fully explained version of that stupid forum description. :rolleyes: There has to be a word for when geeky people think that they’re being funny by being overly verbose, I think the word is lame. ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jump-to-forum-change/250180/7 "2004-06-14T13:04:07Z")
Eh, it’s kind of an inside joke rather than geeks trying to be funny. Bitching about it is about as worthwhile as complaining that it’s called “The Straight Dope” and not “Smart guy.” ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jump-to-forum-change/250180/8 "2004-06-14T14:37:08Z")
> [@Billdo](#): > > The reason for the change is discussed in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=261165). Remember the old comedy bit where you look up a word, say “Mundane” and it says “See tedious” so you look up “Tedious” and it refers you to “tiresome” and then you look up “Tiresome” and it refers you to “Mundane”? That’s a bit what following that link (and the subsequent links) was like. 😛