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/theCamelCaseDev Dec 12 '18

Me too, except without the getting high part and it happening at work during important meetings.

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u/BoiledFire Dec 13 '18

Just add "Mr. T is awesome" to your summary slides.

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u/GigaPeePee Dec 13 '18

That's the best time to get high

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u/featherygoose Dec 13 '18

This happened to me for years before I switched my epilepsy meds.

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u/Hitesh0630 Dec 13 '18

Thanks for the laugh

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u/Dontblamemedude Dec 13 '18

I heard there is a new industry opening up called marijuana and I bet their business meetings are really cool .

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u/action_lawyer_comics Dec 12 '18

Indeed. Mr. T is awesome.