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Xandru at 17:22, 27 May 2024

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Kazvorpal at 22:24, 3 November 2019

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172.68.215.77 at 15:31, 12 January 2018

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Dontknow at 05:04, 7 May 2017

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162.158.74.33 at 15:32, 12 March 2017

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173.245.54.52: Created page with "In this writer's opinion, expecting anyone to read a manual that is more than a page or two long, in this Internet-speed era, is unreasonable. ~~~~"

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Created page with "In this writer's opinion, expecting anyone to read a manual that is more than a page or two long, in this Internet-speed era, is unreasonable. ~~~~"

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In this writer's opinion, expecting anyone to read a manual that is more than a page or two long, in this Internet-speed era, is unreasonable. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.54.52|173.245.54.52]] 18:30, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

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	This is exactly the reason I need explainxkcd. How the hell would I have known what a "man page" is? - [[Special:Contributions/162.158.137.212\|162.158.137.212]] 05:41, 24 June 2024 (UTC)		This is exactly the reason I need explainxkcd. How the hell would I have known what a "man page" is? - [[Special:Contributions/162.158.137.212\|162.158.137.212]] 05:41, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
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		+	Reasons why tldr is great: [[Special:Contributions/162.158.154.4\|162.158.154.4]] 00:23, 12 March 2025 (UTC)

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	Just a thought, but if the official documentation (or even worse, a manpage) counts as "esoteric documentation" then what is the non-esoteric one? The first awser on quora?		Just a thought, but if the official documentation (or even worse, a manpage) counts as "esoteric documentation" then what is the non-esoteric one? The first awser on quora?
	That being said, I don't know how well this joke translates outdide the Linux ecosystem, since in other places people will most likely just ignore you.[[User:Xandru\|Xandru]] ([[User talk:Xandru\|talk]]) 17:22, 27 May 2024 (UTC)		That being said, I don't know how well this joke translates outdide the Linux ecosystem, since in other places people will most likely just ignore you.[[User:Xandru\|Xandru]] ([[User talk:Xandru\|talk]]) 17:22, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
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		+	This is exactly the reason I need explainxkcd. How the hell would I have known what a "man page" is? - [[Special:Contributions/162.158.137.212\|162.158.137.212]] 05:41, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

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	Just a thought, but if the official documentation (or even worse, a manpage) counts as "esoteric documentation" then what is the non-esoteric one? The first awser on quora?		Just a thought, but if the official documentation (or even worse, a manpage) counts as "esoteric documentation" then what is the non-esoteric one? The first awser on quora?
−	That being said, I don't know how well this joke translates outdide the Linux ecosystem, since in other places people will most likely just ignore you.	+	That being said, I don't know how well this joke translates outdide the Linux ecosystem, since in other places people will most likely just ignore you.[[User:Xandru\|Xandru]] ([[User talk:Xandru\|talk]]) 17:22, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

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	:...or losing the face... [[Special:Contributions/172.68.215.77\|172.68.215.77]] 15:31, 12 January 2018 (UTC)		:...or losing the face... [[Special:Contributions/172.68.215.77\|172.68.215.77]] 15:31, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
	Only a few words, ............ :P [[User:Dontknow\|Dontknow]] ([[User talk:Dontknow\|talk]]) 05:04, 7 May 2017 (UTC)		Only a few words, ............ :P [[User:Dontknow\|Dontknow]] ([[User talk:Dontknow\|talk]]) 05:04, 7 May 2017 (UTC)
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		+	Just a thought, but if the official documentation (or even worse, a manpage) counts as "esoteric documentation" then what is the non-esoteric one? The first awser on quora?
		+	That being said, I don't know how well this joke translates outdide the Linux ecosystem, since in other places people will most likely just ignore you.

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		+	RTFM wasn't something you'd generally hear from the software makers. It was what assholes in supposed support forums would say instead of actually helping. For example, on the IRC there was generally a #Linux, where people might go to look for help with the OS. But the admins and members would often, literally, reply RTFM unless the question was obscure enough to satisfy them. At best, they'd respond with a link to some man or web page where they thought you should be able to learn enough to eventually answer your question. A friend of mine set up a competing channel, which we called #Linpeople, where we would actually answer questions that regular people asked, not just esoteria. I also came up with a way to wring answers from #Linux: I owned my own ISP, so I would set up identd (the service that validated user identity) to spoof being a user from another system, log in from both my and another "user", and then give ridiculous, bad answers to my own questions. The assholes would be outraged at the wrong info, and correct it, thus letting slip the real solution. — [[User:Kazvorpal\|Kazvorpal]] ([[User talk:Kazvorpal\|talk]]) 22:24, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
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	In this writer's opinion, expecting anyone to read a manual that is more than a page or two long, in this Internet-speed era, is unreasonable. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.54.52\|173.245.54.52]] 18:30, 30 October 2015 (UTC)		In this writer's opinion, expecting anyone to read a manual that is more than a page or two long, in this Internet-speed era, is unreasonable. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.54.52\|173.245.54.52]] 18:30, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

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 Not reading a manual is punishable by being stabbed in the face...I think we can all blame the customer service people for this one. Speaking from their point of view, though, it's definitely a great feature![[Special:Contributions/162.158.74.33|162.158.74.33]] 15:32, 12 March 2017 (UTC)
+:...or losing the face... [[Special:Contributions/172.68.215.77|172.68.215.77]] 15:31, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
 Only a few words, ............ :P [[User:Dontknow|Dontknow]] ([[User talk:Dontknow|talk]]) 05:04, 7 May 2017 (UTC)

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	Not reading a manual is punishable by being stabbed in the face...I think we can all blame the customer service people for this one. Speaking from their point of view, though, it's definitely a great feature![[Special:Contributions/162.158.74.33\|162.158.74.33]] 15:32, 12 March 2017 (UTC)		Not reading a manual is punishable by being stabbed in the face...I think we can all blame the customer service people for this one. Speaking from their point of view, though, it's definitely a great feature![[Special:Contributions/162.158.74.33\|162.158.74.33]] 15:32, 12 March 2017 (UTC)
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		+	Only a few words, ............ :P [[User:Dontknow\|Dontknow]] ([[User talk:Dontknow\|talk]]) 05:04, 7 May 2017 (UTC)

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	In this writer's opinion, expecting anyone to read a manual that is more than a page or two long, in this Internet-speed era, is unreasonable. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.54.52\|173.245.54.52]] 18:30, 30 October 2015 (UTC)		In this writer's opinion, expecting anyone to read a manual that is more than a page or two long, in this Internet-speed era, is unreasonable. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.54.52\|173.245.54.52]] 18:30, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
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		+	Not reading a manual is punishable by being stabbed in the face...I think we can all blame the customer service people for this one. Speaking from their point of view, though, it's definitely a great feature![[Special:Contributions/162.158.74.33\|162.158.74.33]] 15:32, 12 March 2017 (UTC)