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	[[File:RTFMMao.png\|thumb\|Listen to the chairman]]		[[File:RTFMMao.png\|thumb\|Listen to the [[Lmao Zedong\|chairman]].]]

	Abbreviation of '''Read The Fucking Manual''' and close kin to [[lurk moar]], ''RTFM'' refers to the manual pages (or "[[butthurt\|man]]" pages, after the command used to display them) contained in [[*nix]] variants. It has since mutated to refer to reading any help pages or FAQs, typically as a response on mailing lists and in [[chat rooms]] when a [[newbie]] asks questions for which the answers are readily available from other sources. Even then, some people are too retarded to bother. It is expected that if you want to play in places like [[BSD\|misc@openbsd]] that you have already done your homework. or, RTFM'd.		Abbreviation of '''Read The Fucking Manual''' and close kin to [[lurk moar]], ''RTFM'' refers to the manual pages (or "[[butthurt\|man]]" pages, after the command used to display them) contained in [[*nix]] variants. [[File:Rtfm signage.jpg\|150px\|left]] It has since mutated to refer to reading any help pages or FAQs, typically as a response in mailing lists and [[chat rooms]], when a [[newbie]] asks questions for which the answers are readily available from other sources. Even then, some people are too retarded to bother. It is expected that if you want to play in places like [[BSD\|misc@openbsd]] that you have already done your homework. or, RTFM'd.

	While the word "read" itself is a verb, the entire acronym is often used as a verb as well. Ex.		While the word "read" itself is a verb, the entire acronym is often used as a verb as well. Ex.

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-Abbreviation for "Read the Fucking Manual" and kin of lurk moar RTFM refers to the manual pages (or "[[Butthurt|man]]" pages, after the command used to display them) contained in [[*nix]] variants and has mutated to refer to reading any help pages or FAQs. Typically used as a response on mailing lists and in [[Chat_rooms|chat rooms]] when a [[newbie]] asks questions for which the answers are readily available from other sources. Even then, some people are too retarded to bother. It is expected that if you want to play in places like [[BSD|misc@openbsd]] that you have already done your homework, or RTFM'd.
+[[File:RTFMMao.png|thumb|Listen to the chairman]]
-While the word "read" is a verb, the entire acronym is often used as a verb as well. Ex:
+Abbreviation of '''Read The Fucking Manual''' and close kin to [[lurk moar]], ''RTFM'' refers to the manual pages (or "[[butthurt|man]]" pages, after the command used to display them) contained in [[*nix]] variants. It has since mutated to refer to reading any help pages or FAQs, typically as a response on mailing lists and in [[chat rooms]] when a [[newbie]] asks questions for which the answers are readily available from other sources. Even then, some people are too retarded to bother. It is expected that if you want to play in places like [[BSD|misc@openbsd]] that you have already done your homework. or, RTFM'd.
-<code>
+While the word "read" itself is a verb, the entire acronym is often used as a verb as well. Ex.
-A common alternative to RTFM is to stop using [[Linux]] and move out of your parents' basement.
+ <nowiki><n00b>How do I set up pf to do ALTQ?</nowiki>
-{{acronyms}}
+RTFM has actually spawned other similar abbreviations, including: [[STFW]], [[LMGTFY]], RTFA (RTF-Article), RTFSC (RTF-[[open source|Source Code]]), WTFV (Watch The Fucking [[porn|Video]]), GIYF ([[Google]] Is Your Friend).
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-[[Image:Rtfm.gif|thumb|The Manual, read it!]]
+Abbreviation for "Read the Fucking Manual" and kin of lurk moar RTFM refers to the manual pages (or "[[Butthurt|man]]" pages, after the command used to display them) contained in [[*nix]] variants and has mutated to refer to reading any help pages or FAQs. Typically used as a response on mailing lists and in [[Chat_rooms|chat rooms]] when a [[newbie]] asks questions for which the answers are readily available from other sources. Even then, some people are too retarded to bother. It is expected that if you want to play in places like [[BSD|misc@openbsd]] that you have already done your homework, or RTFM'd.
- <nowiki><n00b>How do I set up pf to do ALTQ?</nowiki>
+While the word "read" is a verb, the entire acronym is often used as a verb as well. Ex:
-== See Also ==
+<code>
-* [[LURK MOAR]]
+A common alternative to RTFM is to stop using [[Linux]] and move out of your parents' basement.
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