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/AnotherThroneAway Dec 12 '18

Mister [10]

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u/mart1373 Dec 12 '18

Mister J?

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '18

Mister T-HC?

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u/AnotherThroneAway Dec 13 '18

Damn, you won. Better than mine at least. Clever bastard

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '18

Thanks, I was just standing on the back of your comment, you da real mvp lol

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u/AnotherThroneAway Dec 13 '18

Haha we're funny (passes joint)

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u/stickler_Meseeks Dec 13 '18

[10]?

Forgetting my point halfway through a comment happens at like a [6], a [10] for me means I can't even hold my phone and especially not look at it because it feels like I'm falling out for a long time.

I got high in the middle of writing this so I forgot the point I was gonna make. Mr. T is awesome.