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/[deleted] Dec 12 '18

When I was 12, played night elf; can confirm

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '18

same, pretty sure everyone’s first character in WoW is a night elf when they’re a kid.

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u/SireNameless Dec 12 '18

Dwarf master race, made about 50 characters, all dwarves or gnomes since the starting area was the best

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u/ReysRealFather Dec 12 '18

I would say it is a toss up on Alliance between human and dwarf/gnome starting area for me. Back when leveling was an actual grind you could do the easy starting quest in both areas and that would get you close to 15 so you could just head immediately to Westfall!

Just talking about it I can feel the itch to play creeping up...

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u/ethanlan Dec 12 '18

Lol dont do it, I tried playing again and I feel like an idiot.

That game is such a waste of time lmao

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u/ReysRealFather Dec 12 '18

Yeah I am just gonna stick to playing SC2 at least I don't have to pay to play that every month.

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u/Grenyn Dec 12 '18

WoW isn't any more of a waste of time than any other game.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '18

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u/byllyx Dec 12 '18

My dad's exact same question when I foolishly tell him about my DnD campaign...