# Suggestion for renaming MPSIMS **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 15, 2011, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-renaming-mpsims/602958 "2011-11-15T00:49:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-renaming-mpsims/602958/1 "2011-11-15T00:49:26Z")
to something like Miscellaneous Personal Stuff I Must Share? There have been some threads moved there from different forums lately with a mod note along the lines of “it’s not that we think your thread is pointless, this is just the forum where we put threads like this.” It would keep the same abbreviation and gets rid of the negative connotation of “pointless.” Just a thought. I like to treasure 'em when I has 'em 😃 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-renaming-mpsims/602958/2 "2011-11-15T01:03:35Z")
I agree. There are a bunch of old-timers who adamantly disagree, though, and they all outrank us. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-renaming-mpsims/602958/3 "2011-11-15T01:12:37Z")
I love mundane and pointless, even it really is momentous and profound. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-renaming-mpsims/602958/4 "2011-11-15T01:17:15Z")
One person’s momentous and profound is another’s mundane and pointless. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-renaming-mpsims/602958/5 "2011-11-15T01:18:23Z")
Merge it with IMHO! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-renaming-mpsims/602958/6 "2011-11-15T01:41:19Z")
Maybe Profound Stuff I Must Share? That way, both bases are covered. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-renaming-mpsims/602958/7 "2011-11-15T02:18:33Z")
Misc. Personal covers it pretty well without making any subjective assessments about the subject matter. I actually think that’s a better name for it than what we have now, but either way, whatever. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-renaming-mpsims/602958/8 "2011-11-15T02:33:27Z")
You will have to pry my MPSIMS from my cold dead hands. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-renaming-mpsims/602958/9 "2011-11-15T02:42:58Z")
Oldish-timer checking in. I like Misc. Personal Stuff I Must Share. Preserves the acronym but saves us from people having to say “this isn’t really mundane but my dog got run over by a car today” or whatever. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-renaming-mpsims/602958/10 "2011-11-15T03:23:05Z")
[I started almost exactly this thread in ATMB a couple of years ago](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=502731). FWIW I still think it’d be a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4bbf92/32.png) [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-renaming-mpsims/602958/11 "2011-11-15T18:46:02Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > I agree. There are a bunch of old-timers who adamantly disagree, though, and they all outrank us. I read this as “outdrank” us, and was highly displeased to have been left out of that contest. I’m in favor of switching to “Miscellaneous Personal”, and if I must get plastered to show my support, then so be it. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-renaming-mpsims/602958/12 "2011-11-15T19:55:31Z")
Wait – if I get really drunk they’ll change the name? ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-renaming-mpsims/602958/13 "2011-11-16T00:33:30Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Wait – if I get really drunk they’ll change the name? That’s what happened to me. I used to be named “Professor Spider’s Understudy.” -D/a ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-renaming-mpsims/602958/14 "2011-11-16T09:08:31Z")
Miscellaneous? How mundane. A pointless change when it’s just replacing one word, rather than the entire title. (Which I happen to like.) ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-renaming-mpsims/602958/15 "2011-11-16T14:00:17Z")
> [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](#): > > Miscellaneous? > > How mundane. > > A pointless change when it’s just replacing one word, rather than the entire title. (Which I happen to like.) Two words, actually 😉 ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-renaming-mpsims/602958/16 "2011-11-16T15:07:40Z")
Perhaps someone should start a poll. I think it’s a sound suggestion, myself. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2011, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-renaming-mpsims/602958/17 "2011-11-16T19:46:03Z")
It’s not going to happen. ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-renaming-mpsims/602958/18 "2011-11-16T20:43:52Z")
> [@ugly ripe tomato](#): > > Two words, actually 😉 …so you want me to get personal, do ya **ugly**? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-renaming-mpsims/602958/19 "2011-11-16T21:56:20Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Misc. Personal covers it pretty well without making any subjective assessments about the subject matter. I actually think that’s a better name for it than what we have now, but either way, whatever. But then where will I post stuff that’s pointless but impersonal? ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-renaming-mpsims/602958/20 "2011-11-16T22:17:55Z")
> [@meanoldlady](#): > > wait – if i get really drunk they’ll change the name? IF??? 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-renaming-mpsims/602958.md?page=2)