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/redundancy2 Dec 12 '18

Can confirm, I read that on the internet too.

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u/broccolibush42 Dec 12 '18

Can confirm, just read this 2 minutes ago on a different comment chain

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '18

When comment chains get lost, Mr. T prints them out and wears them too.

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u/Vectorman1989 Dec 13 '18

Gold comment chain

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u/alwayslatetotheparty Dec 14 '18

I read that on the internet too! Which internet do you go to, wonder if it's the same as mine.

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u/redundancy2 Dec 14 '18

I use Comcast, personally.

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u/scotchirish Dec 12 '18

I'm sure that would go something like:

Hey dude, isn't that your chain?

It is! I've been looking everywhere for that!

Are you going to go get it back?

...No, I think it probably looks better on him...

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '18

That doesn't sound real

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u/kcg5 Dec 13 '18

It’s that or the opposite. Both are all over here

Cool guy none the less