# Why Mundane and Pointless?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-mundane-and-pointless/174516
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [May 11, 2003, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-mundane-and-pointless/174516 "2003-05-11T17:26:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@litost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/litost)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2003, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-mundane-and-pointless/174516/1 "2003-05-11T17:26:08Z")
I think the adjectives M & P diminish the value of this forum and of threads which can hardly be labeled Mundane or Pointless (or even Stuff for that matter!). A good example is **Coldfire’s** thread on remembering WW2 sacrifices.
Why not just name this forum “Things I Must Share”?. TIMS is broad enough for all kinds of things the teeming millions would like to share.
(I hope this post is in the right place)
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### Author:  [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2003, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-mundane-and-pointless/174516/2 "2003-05-11T17:28:02Z")
It’s tradition.
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### Author:  [@Tony\_Montana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Montana)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2003, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-mundane-and-pointless/174516/3 "2003-05-11T17:58:31Z")
pfft
newbies
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### Author:  [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2003, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-mundane-and-pointless/174516/4 "2003-05-11T18:09:11Z")
MPSIMS has the unique distinction of being the first and only forum on this board started from one big-ass thread, one that had the same name. The carry-over was natural.
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### Author:  [@litost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/litost)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2003, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-mundane-and-pointless/174516/5 "2003-05-11T18:26:16Z")
I take umbrage, \*\*Tony Montana \*\*! Prepare to fight me tomorrow in Central Park! (no semi-automatics allowed)
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### Author:  [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2003, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-mundane-and-pointless/174516/6 "2003-05-11T18:56:19Z")
Uhh… why not?
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### Author:  [@litost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/litost)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2003, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-mundane-and-pointless/174516/7 "2003-05-12T00:15:05Z")
Exactly. It is only a pruning of the original name.
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### Author:  [@herman\_and\_bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/herman_and_bill)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2003, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-mundane-and-pointless/174516/8 "2003-05-12T00:53:39Z")
whats the point here?
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### Author:  [@Tony\_Montana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Montana)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2003, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-mundane-and-pointless/174516/9 "2003-05-12T01:43:41Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by litost \*
> \*\* (no semi-automatics allowed) \*\*
Well…
Thats just not fair…
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### Author:  [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2003, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-mundane-and-pointless/174516/10 "2003-05-12T01:49:31Z")
Psst Tony! Shotgun!
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### Author:  [@Tony\_Montana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Montana)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2003, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-mundane-and-pointless/174516/11 "2003-05-12T01:50:56Z")
sssshhhhhh!
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### Author:  [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2003, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-mundane-and-pointless/174516/12 "2003-05-12T02:27:35Z")
Just go with fully automatics. Or a flamethrower. Gotta love Flamerthrowers. Or better yet, use dark eldritch majics in the fight.
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### Author:  [@Tony\_Montana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Montana)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2003, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-mundane-and-pointless/174516/13 "2003-05-12T02:42:18Z")
-
“Or a flamethrower”
\*
Did someone say
[flamethrower?](http://www.azweapons.com/FUNAMMOmain.html)
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### Author:  [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2003, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-mundane-and-pointless/174516/14 "2003-05-12T02:50:19Z")
What the heck is a Dark Eldritch Majic? I gather it’s a magic spell in RPG’s, maybe… but that’s about it.
F\_X
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### Author:  [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2003, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-mundane-and-pointless/174516/15 "2003-05-12T05:26:51Z")
Flamsterette, speaking as someone who has been to a doctor, I prescribe a dosage of The Annotated Lovecraft.
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### Author:  [@lite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lite)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2003, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-mundane-and-pointless/174516/16 "2003-05-12T05:47:10Z")
who says the “s” means stuff?
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### Author:  [@litost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/litost)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2003, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-mundane-and-pointless/174516/17 "2003-05-12T05:55:55Z")
Well, will anyone representing the powers-that-be make an official statement on this?
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### Author:  [@moi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moi)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2003, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-mundane-and-pointless/174516/18 "2003-05-12T05:57:21Z")
I prefer to call it “mindless pointless.”
Not as an actual reflection on the content of this area of the board; I just got into the habit of it.
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### Author:  [@smaft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smaft)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2003, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-mundane-and-pointless/174516/19 "2003-05-12T17:54:12Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by litost \*
> Why not just name this forum “Things I Must Share”?. TIMS is broad enough for all kinds of things the teeming millions would like to share.
But, but, but, my name isn’t Tim. If Tims get their own special forum, what will the rest of us do?
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### Author:  [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2003, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-mundane-and-pointless/174516/20 "2003-05-12T18:35:54Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by samarm \*
> **Psst Tony! Shotgun!**
Aww, I _always_ have to ride in the back.
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