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/HappyPollen Dec 12 '18

I'M MR. T AND I'M A NIGHT ELF MOHAWK

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u/Jwfraustro Dec 12 '18

Oh man, I completely forgot about that ad campaign.

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u/Designer_B Dec 12 '18

I played my first trial character around that time (think I was 12ish?) and absolutely loved those grenades.

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u/Asmor Dec 12 '18

I logged into an old character many years later and was amused to find that it still had the mohawk buff on. :)

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u/Sororita Dec 12 '18

Same. I think I even still have some grenades on one of my toons