# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-renaming-mpsims/602958/21 "2011-11-17T14:20:40Z")
> [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](#): > > …so you want me to get personal, do ya **ugly**? > > 😃 better ugly than **Impossible** 😛 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-renaming-mpsims/602958/22 "2011-11-17T14:22:44Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Wait – if I get really drunk they’ll change the name? I’m a-scared of what they’d change it to! ---
**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 17, 2011, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-renaming-mpsims/602958/23 "2011-11-17T14:57:20Z")
I wish I had a clever response to that. Too much pressure! I can’t think of a better name than Misc Personal Stuff I Must Share. Or Maybe Misc Personal Shit… I like to throw in gratuitous swear words at times. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-renaming-mpsims/602958/24 "2011-11-17T14:58:04Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > It’s not going to happen. As my little nephew once said, “whycome?” I don’t care either way, but I am interested in the why of 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 17, 2011, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-renaming-mpsims/602958/25 "2011-11-17T15:03:14Z")
That “Maybe” shouldn’t be capitalized. Then it would be MMPSIMS, which isn’t right. > [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > As my little nephew once said, “whycome?” > > I don’t care either way, but I am interested in the why of it. Too much work. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-renaming-mpsims/602958/26 "2011-11-17T15:21:19Z")
I will make up some explanations, because I am bored and have nothing better to do: 1. Ed said so. 2. People might whine and after ten years of administrating this fucking message board we have no tolerance left for whining. 3. Nobody knows how to change the forum titles in the board software and frankly we don’t get paid enough to do a Google search for vBulletin help sites. 4. We think “Miscellaneous Personal Stuff I Must Share” sounds stupid. 5. We are not entertaining any more requests from users until you jerks start using the Barn House forum more. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-renaming-mpsims/602958/27 "2011-11-17T15:29:39Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > I will make up some explanations, because I am bored and have nothing better to do: > > 1. Ed said so. > > 2. People might whine and after ten years of administrating this fucking message board we have no tolerance left for whining. > > 3. Nobody knows how to change the forum titles in the board software and frankly we don’t get paid enough to do a Google search for vBulletin help sites. > > 4. We think “Miscellaneous Personal Stuff I Must Share” sounds stupid. > > 5. We are not entertaining any more requests from users until you jerks start using the Barn House forum more. 1. They think everything we post in there _is_ Mundane and Pointless 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-renaming-mpsims/602958/28 "2011-11-17T15:45:04Z")
Personally, I think we need a thread discussing the qualities of desktop wallpapers that highlight the 1997 movie Titanic. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-renaming-mpsims/602958/29 "2011-11-17T15:59:33Z")
Could we change MPSIMS(Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share) to IMSMPS(I Must Share Mundane Pointless Stuff)? ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-renaming-mpsims/602958/30 "2011-11-17T18:12:17Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > Personally, I think we need a thread discussing the qualities of desktop wallpapers that highlight the 1997 movie Titanic. Wouldn’t that go in Cafe Society though? 🆒 ---
**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 17, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-renaming-mpsims/602958/31 "2011-11-17T18:17:08Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > Personally, I think we need a thread discussing the qualities of desktop wallpapers that highlight the 1997 movie Titanic. Ruda Duda, we hardly knew ye. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-renaming-mpsims/602958/32 "2011-11-18T01:16:23Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > 1. They think everything we post in there _is_ Mundane and Pointless 🙂 1. There may be legal issues involved. We are scared of legal issues. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-renaming-mpsims/602958/33 "2011-11-18T15:33:34Z")
Perhaps “Mundane or Personal Things I Must Share”. Keeps MPSIMS as the abbreviation, which is convenient. Get’s rid of “pointless” from the title, and all the associated "Why did you close my thread for being too pointless? The forum title says _pointless"_ whining. I could also go for “Miscellaneous or Personal Things I Must Share”. Or a slash for the “or”. The “or” suggests variety where a lack of “or” suggests both must apply. Not that I’m all that worked up about it. ---
**Author:** ![Implicit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Implicit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Implicit)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-renaming-mpsims/602958/34 "2011-11-18T16:14:01Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > Perhaps “Mundane or Personal Things I Must Share”. > > Keeps MPSIMS as the abbreviation, which is convenient. > > Get’s rid of “pointless” from the title, and all the associated "Why did you close my thread for being too pointless? The forum title says _pointless"_ whining. > > I could also go for “Miscellaneous or Personal Things I Must Share”. Or a slash for the “or”. The “or” suggests variety where a lack of “or” suggests both must apply. > > Not that I’m all that worked up about it. I assume you meant to say “Mundane or Personal **Stuff** I Must Share”. “Things” doesn’t work with the abbreviation. I like this, I agree that “Pointless” causes confusion. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-renaming-mpsims/602958/35 "2011-11-18T17:16:16Z")
Mundane and Pointless is the way it should stay. The dissonance is part of it’s charm. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-renaming-mpsims/602958/36 "2011-11-19T01:40:27Z")
Well we could revert to “Mindless Pointless Stuff I Must Share”. That’s what the forum was called originally IIRC. Anyway, not everything in MPSIMS is personal. “Pointless” is ironic and self-effacing: I approve. ETA: I guess Irishman’s suggestion is defensible. Though “Stuff” might substitute for “Things”. ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-renaming-mpsims/602958/37 "2011-11-20T13:38:42Z")
> [@ugly ripe tomato](#): > > better ugly than **Impossible** 😛 😃 That’s ripe, that is… I love “Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share.” I laughed out loud when I first read that forum title. A sad, yet poignant moment in my life for sure; but that mundane, pointless thing is something I just shared. Admittedly in the wrong forum, but I’ve just been been attacked by an ugly ripe tomato… Please. Don’t take the old “pointless” away. Unless the new one has “Craptastic” in it. ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-renaming-mpsims/602958/38 "2011-11-20T18:30:06Z")
Since according to the esteemed TubaDiva the title ain’t changing, this thread might as well be labeled **Moot Pointless Speculation, I Must Say.** **6ITB4B,** I do apologize for the attack. My father was a killer tomato so I think it’s genetic 😉 Let’s call a truce and cap it off with breakfast at Milliway’s. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-renaming-mpsims/602958/39 "2011-11-20T18:52:37Z")
> [@Implicit](#): > > I assume you meant to say “Mundane or Personal **Stuff** I Must Share”. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-renaming-mpsims/602958/40 "2011-11-20T21:00:13Z")
> [@ugly ripe tomato](#): > > Since according to the esteemed TubaDiva the title ain’t changing, this thread might as well be labeled **Moot Pointless Speculation, I Must Say.** > > **6ITB4B,** I do apologize for the attack. My father was a killer tomato so I think it’s genetic 😉 Let’s call a truce and cap it off with breakfast at Milliway’s. [It had to be done.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebfLWAB8bY4) 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-renaming-mpsims/602958.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-renaming-mpsims/602958.md?page=3)