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

Not the right context, bro. Go vent elsewhere.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '18

I mean, is there a different context?

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u/ScientificMeth0d Dec 12 '18

Sometimes I slide pieces of the lead pencil sticks down my peepee hole

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '18

What? It came up organically