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		chris_j on Sept 12, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How Many People Can Someone Lead? The f**ing article. A piece of internet slang that goes back many years, possibly originating on Slashdot and referring to the article that we're discussing here.

jaredsohn on Sept 13, 2021 [–]

May have come from RTFM (manual) which according to this wikipedia link may have originated in 1979 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTFA

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