# Ripped from Today's Headlines! **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 1, 2026, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripped-from-todays-headlines/1033527 "2026-10-01T22:07:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 9
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripped-from-todays-headlines/1033527/9 "2026-10-02T18:12:22Z")
> [@Horatio\_Hellpop](#): > > I don’t feel like “miscellaneous, pointless stuff” is an appropriate descriptor for “hard” news stories Well you’re in luck, because that isn’t what MPSIMS is. It is “miscellaneous and personal stuff”. The news stories fit under the “miscellaneous” banner. You might have missed the big discussion about the name change, because it did not reflect how that category was being used. (The news stories were a big part of that change.) > [@MPSIMS has gotten a minor rename to “Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-has-gotten-a-minor-rename-to-miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/981943): > > The existing name is [Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share (MPSIMS)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-mundane-pointless-stuff-i-must-share-mpsims-category/911000) But the “Mundane Pointless” has been an issue with Breaking News and Death Notices of members being in this forum. The suggestion came from Irishman. The Mods and Ed agreed it was an excellent change and we like the fact the acronym remains the same. This thread is open for comment. ETA: The change should happen within the week, but maybe as soon as Sunday. > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Because I don’t remember a General Discussions category. That category used to be called “General Questions” or GQ until it was decided to rename it as well, because the original name was too generic and didn’t properly reflect the focused nature of that category. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripped-from-todays-headlines/1033527)._