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		gubbrora on April 29, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Jenkins Is Getting Old I'd argue that while RTFA had negative connotations, TFA never did. It was just a humorous reference to the former.

taftster on April 29, 2019 [–]

Agreed. I think of it more as a joking reference to RTFA. The humor of this probably originates from the early slashdot days.

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