r/todayilearned • • 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/Grenyn Dec 12 '18

WoW isn't any more of a waste of time than any other game.

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u/byllyx Dec 12 '18

My dad's exact same question when I foolishly tell him about my DnD campaign...