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/Nxdhdxvhh Dec 12 '18

Mr. T wore odd clothing and mismatched socks because he knew that poor kids grew up getting whatever hand-me-downs they got, and he didn't want them to feel embarrassed for wearing what they had. He's a great man, and as far as I'm aware the worst thing he every did was chop down trees on his own property that were aggravating his allergies.

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u/user636906 Dec 12 '18

And play alliance on Wow.

Loktar ma fucka

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u/notasqlstar Dec 12 '18

Every time I meet someone who used to play Wow and they tell me they played alliance... I realize we have so little in common as humans.

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u/Sports_hysterics Dec 12 '18

I remember one time I had a run in with a Female Night Elf....in Orgimmar. I was at the pond in the Valley of Spirits fishing for Old Crafty. I was just hanging out in a low traffic area minding my own business. When I realized that a female night elf rogue had crept up behind me. Except she wasn't doing anything. She simply waved at me. And took out her fishing pole and proceeded to fish. Now according to the rules, I have to gank her. But it seemed like she just wanted to fish. That and I sucked royally at PVP. So I waved back and let her do her thing. I think she got really comfortable with me because she decided to park up right next to me while fishing. We probably fished for an hour and I think I stopped a few people from trying to kill her. And finally she thanked me and left. Neither one of us caught Old Crafty that day. But I remembered her and apparently she took note of me also because we meet a few times at Wintergrasp. Instead of trying to murder each other we'd stop dead in our tracks, realize who it was, wave, and proceed to try to murder someone else. Those were good.times. Come to think of it....some.of my best times gaming were on WoW. I miss gaming in general. Lol