MPSIMS has gotten a minor rename to “Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share”

[NinthAcolyte]

I like it! An elegant solution that preserves the all-important vibe. (I know it probably feels like I just got here, but I’ve legit been around and lurking for like 15 years.)

[Beckdawrek]

Bad, bad, bad in a good way!!

[Folly]

@LSLGuy

It’s “Emm-PEE-sims” to me. You? Who can say? :Shrugging-shoulders:

MP Sims, featuring Hiphopopotamus and the rhyming rhymnoceros

[LSLGuy]

@Derleth

I always pronounced it mumpsimus

@Wikipedia

A mumpsimus (/ˈmʌmpsɪməs/ MUHMP-sih-məs) is a “traditional custom obstinately adhered to however unreasonable it may be”,[1] or “someone who obstinately clings to an error, bad habit or prejudice, even after the foible has been exposed and the person humiliated; also, any error, bad habit, or prejudice clung to in this fashion”.[2] The term originates in the story of a priest using the nonsense word mumpsimus instead of the Latin sumpsimus when giving mass, and refusing to be corrected on the matter. The word may refer to either the speaker or their habit.

Somehow it seems appropriate for this place.

You win. You totally win. I for one have pitched Emm-PEE-sims to the ashheap of history. I welcome our new mumpsimus overlords.

The origin story for this will be part of Board lore long after the goat and squid have been forgotten. All hail @Derleth’s remarkable perspicacity.

[Mr.E]

As the former operator of a website called The Encyclopedia of Pointless, I am deeply offended. I strenuously object to this blatant erasure of Pointlessness.

As a normal human adult, I’m cool with it.

[dalej42]

Agreed, it doesn’t change the MPSIMS acronym like it did with the change from GQ to FQ.

I approve!

[nelliebly]

A good solution, and you can tell because of 26 replies so far, not one has been seriously outraged. Thanks, Irishman, mods and Ed, for making this happen.

[Atamasama]

Thank you so much for this change, I love this board.

[Happy_Lendervedder]

I’ve always pronounced it “Baba Booey.” But then again, I’ve got a real flat nasally Michigan accent. ymmv.

[TroutMan]

@nelliebly

A good solution, and you can tell because of 26 replies so far, not one has been seriously outraged.

I felt the change was unnecessary, but I celebrate it because it means we no longer have to see the annual thread complaining about the name.

[LSLGuy]

Now if only we could rename “Daylight Saving Time” as easily.

[Czarcasm]

Mundane Pointless Time I Must Spend.

[Dr.Drake]

It’s clearly “emp-sims.”

And I like how “miscellaneous” enfolds both “mundane and pointless.”

[thorny_locust]

@nelliebly

A good solution, and you can tell because of 26 replies so far, not one has been seriously outraged.

This post will make 34 (unless somebody sneaks in ahead of me) and I agree.

– I’ve avoided pronouncing it at all. However, if I should have to, Mumpsimus seems like a good way to go. @Derleth, thanks for the word!

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

@Derleth

I always pronounced it mumpsimus

A mumpsimus (/ˈmʌmpsɪməs/ MUHMP-sih-məs) is a “traditional custom obstinately adhered to however unreasonable it may be”,[1] or “someone who obstinately clings to an error, bad habit or prejudice, even after the foible has been exposed and the person humiliated; also, any error, bad habit, or prejudice clung to in this fashion”.[2] The term originates in the story of a priest using the nonsense word mumpsimus instead of the Latin sumpsimus when giving mass, and refusing to be corrected on the matter. The word may refer to either the speaker or their habit.

Somehow it seems appropriate for this place.

I came here to post the joke. GMTA.

[Ann_Hedonia]

Great idea.

I’ve been around long enough that I remember the origin of Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share, but damn, that happened a long time ago.

[pjd]

When’s it going to happen ?
(I’ll need to get all my affairs in order first.)

[Atamasama]

@pjd

When’s it going to happen ?

@What_Exit

The actually change should happen within the week.

Hopefully this answers your question.

[Ssounder]

Huh?
Are some of the mods in April 1st Time Zones?

[pjd]

@Atamasama

Hopefully this answers your question.

You’re in luck - it does !!