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Re:The wildest insurance fraud scheme in Texas by Cederfjard on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @08:40AM (#24270685)
Completely besides the point, but isn’t it unnecessary to use ”TFA” in this instance? Personally I’m not at all offended by strong language, but it just seems hostile for no reason.
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Re:The wildest insurance fraud scheme in Texas by zaroth on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @10:51AM (#24271914)
To me 'TFA' means The Featured Article.

Is there an abbreviation for that which is as widely known as TFA which doesn't have a negative potential interpretation (The Fucking Article)?

'OP' refers to the user who posted, not the post itself. The word 'Post' is I guess an OK but not great alternative.

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Re:The wildest insurance fraud scheme in Texas by Cederfjard on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @11:20AM (#24272238)
>To me 'TFA' means The Featured Article.

Fair enough, I wasn’t aware/didn’t think of that. My mind went straight to ”the fucking article”, which is why it appeared hostile to me.

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Re:The wildest insurance fraud scheme in Texas by 0xffff2 on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @08:48PM (#24277921)
"TFA" is definitely "the fucking article". C.f. "RTFM": "Read the fucking manual".
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