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"The band is just fantastic, that is really what I think. Oh by the way, which one's Pink?"

You must be lost; this isn't reddit. Do you have anything to actually contribute to the conversation, or did you just want to make sure everyone knows you heard a Pink Floyd song once?

While I agree the comment didn't add much, I think your reply was perhaps also a touch rude. Then again, my comment isn't adding much either.

And to tomn's credit, the lyric is a bit more relevant than just some random line: The root poster thought Pink Floyd was a person not a band. Apparently that's a common enough misapprehension that they mentioned it in a song... thence the quoted lyric.

if you didn't get the reference you're obviously the one who's lost.

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