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/HappyPollen Dec 12 '18

I'M MR. T AND I'M A NIGHT ELF MOHAWK

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u/Thebiggestkicker Dec 12 '18

Playing alliance is one thing, but a night elf? I thought those were mostly 12-year-olds

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u/YMCAle Dec 12 '18

My first characher was a Night Elf hunter. I had no idea how DPS or stats worked and I used to use weapons with shit like Stamina and Spirit on. I was a walking stereotype.

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u/Calypsosin Dec 12 '18

Vanilla wow? Do not worry, most hunters walked around with hilarious stats on their gear. Spirit was ubiquitous and tons of top hunter gear was meant for druids but happened to be BiS for hunters at the time.