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[Beauford33]

[bense27]

[GSR]

Sarcasm is the making of remarks intended to mock the person referred to (who is normally the person addressed), a situation or thing. It is often used in a humorous manner and expressed through particular vocal intonations. This is often done by simply over-emphasizing the actual statement, or particular words of it.

Because it is vocally-oriented, sarcasm is often hard to pick up in written messages and is often misinterpreted. To prevent this, sarcastic comments on the internet are usually ended with an emoticon or surrounded with <sarcasm> .. </sarcasm> tags (this is popular on Slashdot).

The word comes from the late Latin word, ''sarcasmus'', which, in turn, comes from the Greek ''sarkasmos'', from ''sarkazein'' - to bite the lips in rage,- from sarx, sark-, flesh.

It was described as "the lowest form of wit" by Oscar Wilde. In 1983, Leonard Rossiter published a book titled ''The Lowest Form of Wit'' (ISBN 0722175132) which includes the history of sarcasm, rules of sarcasm, and many sarcastic comments by notable individuals.

The term is often misused as a synonym for ''irony''. ''Irony'' refers however to the literal meaning and the intended meaning of the words uttered being different, while ''sarcasm'' refers to the mocking intent of the utterance. It is possible to be ironic without being sarcastic, and to be sarcastic without being ironic.

Sarcasm is also often confused with cynicism, which is a fundamental nihilistic attitude towards other people and life, whereas sarcasm can often be seen even as a positive way of thinking about things.

[Beauford33]

Tool


...no sarcasm. Promise.

[GSR]

I assumed you both were shocked over bassman's post.

[Mikey]

yeah, if the lws sessions were finished / released as an album in 2000 like planned, i think id still consider btcs as dmb's masterpiece and lws as an amazing follow-up, but still not on the level of btcs

[ericwormann]

I think we'll be satisfied, but it won't be another masterpiece.

Kinda like Busted Stuff.

It would be hard to go lower than SU. So yeah, I believe it will be better.

People said the same thing about Everyday.

[bense27]

I assumed you both were shocked over bassman's post.

we were. So what does that have to do with sarcasm?

[bassman462]

I assumed you both were shocked over bassman's post.

we were. So what does that have to do with sarcasm?

that my post was sarcasm...

[bense27]

haha ooohhhh....wow....

[GSR]

JUST WOW.

[Yakko]

I like how they got the name:

The first official gig for the newly conceived Dave Matthews Band was May 11, 1991, at a private rooftop party in Charlottesville. It was held on the roof of the pink warehouse on South Street by building resident Lydia Condor. A band called Thin Men opened the show that night. Stefan was in that band as well, playing stand-up bass, and later switching to electric bass with DMB. Their first public show was at the city’s 1991 Earth Day Festival. Local weekly gigs soon followed, and within a little while, word of the band’s contagious new sound spread like wildfire throughout the region. At this point they still didn't have a name for the band. One name that was thrown around was Dumela, but no real enthusiasm was ever felt, and they dropped it. It is reported that someone from the band telephoned a place where they were booked and said to just write Dave Matthews and a band will show up. The person receiving the call just wrote 'band' after the name, and the name just stayed Dave Matthews Band from that point on. By January 1992, they were playing a regular Tuesday night show at the popular Charlottesville club Trax. Shows at Trax are some of the most widely spread bootlegs among DMB fans. It took only another five months for them to book another weekly gig on Wednesday nights at another restaurant, Eastern Standard, where Griesar and Matthews had been performing at open mic night.

From Wikipedia.

[bassman462]

I like how they got the name:

The first official gig for the newly conceived Dave Matthews Band was May 11, 1991, at a private rooftop party in Charlottesville. It was held on the roof of the pink warehouse on South Street by building resident Lydia Condor. A band called Thin Men opened the show that night. Stefan was in that band as well, playing stand-up bass, and later switching to electric bass with DMB. Their first public show was at the city’s 1991 Earth Day Festival. Local weekly gigs soon followed, and within a little while, word of the band’s contagious new sound spread like wildfire throughout the region. At this point they still didn't have a name for the band. One name that was thrown around was Dumela, but no real enthusiasm was ever felt, and they dropped it. It is reported that someone from the band telephoned a place where they were booked and said to just write Dave Matthews and a band will show up. The person receiving the call just wrote 'band' after the name, and the name just stayed Dave Matthews Band from that point on. By January 1992, they were playing a regular Tuesday night show at the popular Charlottesville club Trax. Shows at Trax are some of the most widely spread bootlegs among DMB fans. It took only another five months for them to book another weekly gig on Wednesday nights at another restaurant, Eastern Standard, where Griesar and Matthews had been performing at open mic night.

From Wikipedia.

well the biggest thing is that, most people reformed to it as dave matthews band because,
I'm going to go see that band tonight
you know dave matthews the bartender over at millers, his band
dave matthews has got a band?

[bense27]

dumelatabs.com

[AlpineValley]

dumela, wtf does that even mean???