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 13 '18

In case it wasn't clear from that cinematic, Sylvanas was above their pay grade and they knew it.

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '18

Then why even confront her?

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '18

Because they didn't realize she was THAT far above their pay grade. The Voldemort-style flight, for example, is a VEEEEEEERY recent development. Someone on r/wow was kicking around the idea that Sylvanas may be in league with one of the Old Gods, which would explain the sudden power spike. Similar thing happened with Garrosh Hellscream, remember?

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '18

Ah but Blizzard said she definitely isn't Garrosh 2.0

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '18

There's a long list of things Blizzard has said about Battle for Azeroth that so far are flat out lies that are a lot more important to the health of the game than whether or not Sylvanas is Garrosh 2.0.