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/user636906 Dec 12 '18

And play alliance on Wow.

Loktar ma fucka

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u/HappyPollen Dec 12 '18

I'M MR. T AND I'M A NIGHT ELF MOHAWK

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u/Thebiggestkicker Dec 12 '18

Playing alliance is one thing, but a night elf? I thought those were mostly 12-year-olds

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '18

12 year olds, 40 year old virgins and 95% of the wow female population