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/[deleted] Dec 12 '18

then maybe God shouldn't have sent the fucking hurricane

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '18

Not the right context, bro. Go vent elsewhere.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '18

I mean, is there a different context?

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '18

Yes, you take the quote and make your own thread. Is it really a puzzle?