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Re:Student photographs people with hidden spy cam in the 189... by goodcanadian on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @08:18AM (#29891120)
RTFM was always, "read the fucking manual." In my experience, this is the first time I have seen TFA as anything other than "the fine article." YMMV.
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Re:Student photographs people with hidden spy cam in the 189... by executesorder66 on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @09:22AM (#29891717)
And you don't see the obvious link between people saying RTFM! because someone didn't read the manual, and people saying "RTFA" or "it's in TFA" because people are writing comments on an article when they clearly didn't read it?

These acronyms are born out of frustration and not cordial conversation. Again using "fine" instead of "fucking" is just a euphemism. It is not the original nor correct phrase, and it doesn't make sense for it to be anything other than "fucking".

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