# Where should one post questions about really trivial subjects?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-should-one-post-questions-about-really-trivial-subjects/76515
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**Created:** [August 16, 2001, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-should-one-post-questions-about-really-trivial-subjects/76515 "2001-08-16T04:44:25Z")
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### Author:  [@Hazel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazel)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2001, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-should-one-post-questions-about-really-trivial-subjects/76515/1 "2001-08-16T04:44:25Z")
If I have a question about something really mundane and pointless, or childish and trivial, should I post it in General Questions with all the mature, important quiries about melting ice caps, mail order brides, and the theory of relativity? Or should I post it in MPSIMS?
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### Author:  [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2001, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-should-one-post-questions-about-really-trivial-subjects/76515/2 "2001-08-16T04:49:52Z")
As I’ve seen some others post “trivial” questions in MPSIMS, I’d try there if you don’t think GQ fits.
But then again, if you’re asking an _opinion_, there’s IMHO.
And if it’s controversial, there’s GD.
And if there’s a swear word or two in it, there’s BBQ Pit.
Uh …
Guess it depends on the question, sorry.
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### Author:  [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2001, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-should-one-post-questions-about-really-trivial-subjects/76515/3 "2001-08-16T05:31:08Z")
I’d say MPSIMS, which is more or less the catchall forum. Though it might be more fun to put in GQ, just to watch **manhatten** go ballistic when he locks it.
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### Author:  [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2001, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-should-one-post-questions-about-really-trivial-subjects/76515/4 "2001-08-16T12:27:38Z")
Agreeing with Ice Wolf, it’s the topic of the question rather than the depth that determines (more or less) the forum. There are plenty of questions in General Questions that are answered by a single word, number, song title, or whatever.
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### Author:  [@Hazel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazel)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2001, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-should-one-post-questions-about-really-trivial-subjects/76515/5 "2001-08-17T23:01:25Z")
Okay, thanks!
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### Author:  [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2001, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-should-one-post-questions-about-really-trivial-subjects/76515/6 "2001-08-18T01:47:07Z")
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> \*Originally posted by MysterEcks \*
> \*\*Though it might be more fun to put in GQ, just to watch manhatten go ballistic when he locks it. \*\*
Speaking of which: nothing ticks **Manhattan** off like misspelling his name. 😃
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### Author:  [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2001, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-should-one-post-questions-about-really-trivial-subjects/76515/7 "2001-08-18T03:31:46Z")
Hey, at least _I_remembered that **manhattan** uses a lower-case m. 😛
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### Author:  [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2001, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-should-one-post-questions-about-really-trivial-subjects/76515/8 "2001-08-19T00:25:05Z")
Yeah, that’s weird. I was wondering the same. I had a question but it was really pointless, so I put it in Mundane Pointless, with a little note apologizing if it should be in GQ. Sure, it may be in MPSIMS, but it sure as hell isn’t boring **or** trivial in this doper’s humble opinion. 🙂