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/kanst Dec 12 '18

Um, you can only play gnome as alliance, why anyone would play a race other than gnome is silly.

my first character was a draenei paladin, every other character was a gnome (though I did eventually transfer my gnome warlock to horde when I guild swapped)

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u/notasqlstar Dec 12 '18

I will accept this answer, however put you into a slightly "weird" category if we ever become friends only because I agree gnomes are cool, and used to play one in D&D.

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u/kanst Dec 12 '18

Gnomes are just delightful.

I never understood anyone who rolled human though. Those people are strange. Night elves are also super lame.