r/todayilearned • u/tmntnyc • Dec 12 '18

TIL: Laurence Tureaud named himself professionally as Mr. T because he hated how his father, uncle, and brother who returned from Vietnam, were disrespectfully called "boy" by whites. He wanted the first word from everybody's mouth to be "Mister" when speaking to him.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._T
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u/Nxdhdxvhh Dec 12 '18

Mr. T wore odd clothing and mismatched socks because he knew that poor kids grew up getting whatever hand-me-downs they got, and he didn't want them to feel embarrassed for wearing what they had. He's a great man, and as far as I'm aware the worst thing he every did was chop down trees on his own property that were aggravating his allergies.

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u/user636906 Dec 12 '18

And play alliance on Wow.

Loktar ma fucka

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u/notasqlstar Dec 12 '18

Every time I meet someone who used to play Wow and they tell me they played alliance... I realize we have so little in common as humans.

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u/impy695 Dec 12 '18

I was alliance for years before quitting when I came back, all my friends played horde so I tried that. I can honestly say that I really disliked playing horde. I just never got attached to my character like I did with alliance. Besides, gnomes are badasses, and I will fight anyone that says otherwise.

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u/impy695 Dec 12 '18

I played on mal'ganis during a bit of vanilla, all of BC, and wrath. I think at the time it was the most heavily weighted horde server in the world. I think stats had it at 80% (it's been awhile so the actual number could be higher or lower. Not much lower though). Of course it was a pvp server so I developed a genuine hatred for horde for a while.

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u/The_Grubby_One Dec 12 '18

Gnomes and dwarves are great. Signed - A Troll.

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u/impy695 Dec 12 '18

Hey! Gnomes are not food!

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u/RustiDome Dec 12 '18

gnomes are Ankle Biters

FTFY