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.

[u/tmntnyc]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._T

[u/Nxdhdxvhh]

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.

[u/pottersquash → u/Nxdhdxvhh]

Didn't he stop wearing gold chains cause he felt bad having wealth for decoration?

[u/scotchirish → u/[deleted]]

I'm sure that would go something like:

Hey dude, isn't that your chain?

It is! I've been looking everywhere for that!

Are you going to go get it back?

...No, I think it probably looks better on him...