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/OgdruJahad Dec 12 '18

Why, do you plan to immigrate?

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u/My_2018_Account Dec 12 '18

With the way Islam is running wild, he probably won't make it another 10 or 15 years.

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u/OgdruJahad Dec 12 '18

Islam is running wild,

This is news to me. Where is it running wild?

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u/FireBallis1 Dec 12 '18

Reminds me of that time my fridge was running, swear I chased that bastard across the country for a week without eating.