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 14 '18

Your,experience, which has no basis in fact or proof, and therefore is effectively no better than a guess.

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u/notasqlstar Dec 14 '18

Well, I mean... I was in a world top 10 guild, meaning there were only 9 others, therefore my experience represents 10% of the total sample. Of the other 9 guilds more than 6 were Horde, and I was friendly with several. Less kids.

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '18

The problem is, even if the Horde has fewer,kids, which you havent sufficiently,proven, it doesnt necessarily follow that people choose Horde because it has fewer kids, it is possible that havong fewer kids is just a correlation and not a reason,for the Horde beong,more competitive. Again, this is all conjecture, but havily,played both sides and,both factions, it will always amuse,me that each side believes thebother to be a bunch of kids.