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It derives from an expression deep in the history of Usenet or e-mail (hyphenated), when hapless newbies (two syllables) were told by harried sysops to RTFM, re

by baruz 2y ago

It derives from an expression deep in the history of Usenet or e-mail (hyphenated), when hapless newbies (two syllables) were told by harried sysops to RTFM, read the f* manual.

ziml77 2y ago
And while it is being used now to simply reference the article, RTFA was originally used in the same way as RTFM. A way of expressing frustration to a commenter who should have read the fucking article first.
- baruz 2y ago
  Indeed. I usually go with “OP” in non-frustrated contexts, myself.