# When did this topic change from Mundane & pointless to Miscellaneous and Personal?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-this-topic-change-from-mundane-pointless-to-miscellaneous-and-personal/982225
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [April 5, 2023, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-this-topic-change-from-mundane-pointless-to-miscellaneous-and-personal/982225 "2023-04-05T23:50:42Z")
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### Author:  [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2023, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-this-topic-change-from-mundane-pointless-to-miscellaneous-and-personal/982225/1 "2023-04-05T23:50:42Z")
I’ve been a Doper since '99. I just noticed that this thread has changed name. Please tell me it doesn’t go all the back to the board migration!
StG
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### Author:  [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2023, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-this-topic-change-from-mundane-pointless-to-miscellaneous-and-personal/982225/2 "2023-04-05T23:53:02Z")
See here
> [@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):
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> 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.
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### Author:  [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2023, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-this-topic-change-from-mundane-pointless-to-miscellaneous-and-personal/982225/3 "2023-04-05T23:55:22Z")
Oh, good! I thought I’d missed it, possibly for years. I’ll sort of miss Mundane and Pointless, because we all knew it was no such thing. But I don’t do change well, and this is minor in the scope of things.
StG
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### Author:  [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2023, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-this-topic-change-from-mundane-pointless-to-miscellaneous-and-personal/982225/4 "2023-04-06T13:57:45Z")
I like the change! There were times when I went to post something here and I’d think to myself, “it’s really not a mundane or pointless thing”.
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### Author:  [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2023, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-this-topic-change-from-mundane-pointless-to-miscellaneous-and-personal/982225/5 "2023-04-06T22:33:44Z")
And how brilliant to keep the MPSIMS acronym.
I wonder how many months it would’ve been before I noticed, if it weren’t for this thread?
(How many people check ATMB regularly? I don’t, unless there’s a hot issue or someone’s about to get banned… how about pinning an announcement to this forum for a while?)
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### Author:  [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2023, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-this-topic-change-from-mundane-pointless-to-miscellaneous-and-personal/982225/6 "2023-04-06T23:02:54Z")
It was pinned globally until noon today. Not sure how you missed it.
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### Author:  [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2023, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-this-topic-change-from-mundane-pointless-to-miscellaneous-and-personal/982225/7 "2023-04-07T00:08:07Z")
That’s the problem with pinned threads. I assume they are rules or something that’s been there forever, and I automatically skip over them.
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### Author:  [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2023, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-this-topic-change-from-mundane-pointless-to-miscellaneous-and-personal/982225/8 "2023-04-07T00:13:59Z")
You can manually unpin threads in your own view, so they fall down and get buried like normal threads. Then it will be easier to notice when a new pinned thread shows up.
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### Author:  [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2023, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-this-topic-change-from-mundane-pointless-to-miscellaneous-and-personal/982225/9 "2023-04-07T00:30:40Z")
I always go directly to the “new” or “unread" list. I don’t think pinned threads appear there.