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For me RTFM just means “show us you tried something yourself before reaching out for help”. In other words that you tried putting some work in and not just trying to get someone else to do your work or thinking for you.
I’m very happy to help someone willing to learn, but detest helping someone too lazy to do anything themselves.
That's a fair point.