# MPSIMS has gotten a minor rename to “Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share” **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 31, 2023, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-has-gotten-a-minor-rename-to-miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/981943 "2023-03-31T16:57:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2023, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-has-gotten-a-minor-rename-to-miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/981943/141 "2023-04-08T14:17:58Z")
This was a much needed change. I have always found it off-putting that threads about people being killed and wars and serious breaking news events were considered “mundane and pointless.” ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2023, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-has-gotten-a-minor-rename-to-miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/981943/142 "2023-04-08T16:09:02Z")
Fully agree. ---
**Author:** ![Mars\_Horizon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mars_horizon/32/2804_2.png) [@Mars\_Horizon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mars_Horizon)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2023, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-has-gotten-a-minor-rename-to-miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/981943/143 "2023-04-09T01:49:39Z")
All these pronunciations that actually make sense… all these years I’ve been saying “‘em pus im us” which in retrospect is dumb 😂 ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2023, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-has-gotten-a-minor-rename-to-miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/981943/144 "2023-04-09T15:35:27Z")
Haha! 😂 ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2023, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-has-gotten-a-minor-rename-to-miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/981943/145 "2023-04-09T16:10:49Z")
> [@Mars\_Horizon](#): > > which in retrospect is dumb To say nothing of being somewhat offputting. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-has-gotten-a-minor-rename-to-miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/981943/146 "2023-04-11T15:37:42Z")
[This](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beginners-guide-to-glossary-of-terms-on-straight-dope-message-boards/307442) thread still refers to the old name… ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-has-gotten-a-minor-rename-to-miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/981943/147 "2023-04-11T15:43:26Z")
Thank you, good catch. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-has-gotten-a-minor-rename-to-miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/981943/148 "2023-04-11T16:28:51Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > (the quoted source by Irishman appears to be March 2023, and my quote was May 2022 if anyone is confused) I admitted in another thread I stole it from somewhere. > [@thorny\_locust](#): > > If people weren’t hung up on the initials, we could just call it “miscellaneous.” But enough people are hung up on the initials to make that not a good solution. If we weren’t hung up on the acronym, we could call it “The Serious and The Silly,” or a billion other names. That one has a nice ring to it - gives me the feel of a classic Soap Opera, or a parody of such. > [@thorny\_locust](#): > > And the advantage message boards have over other forms of social media – the only thing, I think, which stands a chance of keeping them alive – is exactly that combination of serious discussion (including the capability of continuing one discussion in coherent form over months or even years if it’s applicable to the topic) and a sense of community that’s far broader than any specific topic. This. I avoided Facebook for a long time - only joined up about 2 years ago. I convinced myself to finally get an account to stay in touch with family and friends, but also with an eye to discussions to counter some of the misinformation being proliferated. I’ve come to the conclusion that those other media just aren’t what I’m looking for. They are not designed to foster actual communication. They’re great for sharing what you had for lunch, or status updates on events, but they are horrible for conversations. The inherent culture is short remarks. Twitter is emblematic, but only a bit more limited in practice. Nobody has time for detail anymore, and anything over a paragraph is “rambling”. And the platforms make it ridiculously hard to even find topics you’ve posted in without responses by others to give notifications, and every response gives a separate notice, so you may get a dozen notices on one topic, and then another topic disappears. And trying to have any kind of discussion ends up hijacking someone’s feed for a debate between others. Loads of reasons why message boards are more conducive to the kind of interaction I seek. For message boards to outlive the insta-tok craze, they have to focus on those advantages. > [@Dr.Drake](#): > > When I first joined, I had difficulty distinguishing between the MPSIMS and IMHO. When a lot of us joined, there was no difference. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2023, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-has-gotten-a-minor-rename-to-miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/981943/149 "2023-05-05T21:39:13Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > we could call it “The Serious and The Silly,” I love that name! But i think there’s a lot of love for the acronym, as you point out. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2023, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-has-gotten-a-minor-rename-to-miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/981943/150 "2023-05-05T21:46:38Z")
Is there any way we can keep the acronym, but with a different name, so that MPSIMS stands for “The Serious and the Silly”. Or does that violate the laws of physics or something ? ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-has-gotten-a-minor-rename-to-miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/981943/151 "2023-05-25T21:08:58Z")
I’ve been here since the A.O.L. days. It’s not nearly the same. This name change is a superb solution. Will done. ---
**Author:** ![DaveRaver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daveraver/32/1078_2.png) [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2023, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-has-gotten-a-minor-rename-to-miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/981943/152 "2023-08-16T00:59:48Z")
Wasn’t “Mundane, Pointless Stuff…” originally called “Mindless, Pointless Stuff…”? When did THAT transition occur? ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-has-gotten-a-minor-rename-to-miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/981943/153 "2023-08-17T16:06:08Z")
The earliest version of the SDMB in the wayback machine (August of 2000) has it as “Mundane”. ---
**Author:** ![DaveRaver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daveraver/32/1078_2.png) [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-has-gotten-a-minor-rename-to-miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/981943/154 "2023-08-18T22:22:40Z")
I guess it was only Mindless in my mind! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-has-gotten-a-minor-rename-to-miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/981943.md?page=7)