# Poll: What does "Dark side of the moon" mean

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-does-dark-side-of-the-moon-mean/538768>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 8, 2010, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-does-dark-side-of-the-moon-mean/538768 "2010-05-08T22:25:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-does-dark-side-of-the-moon-mean/538768/41 "2010-05-11T03:29:06Z")

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I voted for the far side facing away from earth (and go with “dark” as in unknown to us) but only because “insane” wasn’t an option given - which is derivative of its use by Floyd but not the same as.

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**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-does-dark-side-of-the-moon-mean/538768/42 "2010-05-11T04:35:05Z")

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I voted for the side facing away from the Earth, though I am also familiar with the Pink Floyd album. Actually what came to mind were lyrics to the Three Doors Down song _Kryptonite_, though I don’t know why I thought of that…I don’t think I heard the song recently!

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> I took a walk around the world to  
> Ease my troubled mind  
> I left my body laying somewhere  
> In the sands of time  
> I watched the world float to the dark  
> Side of the moon  
> I feel there is nothing I can do, yeah

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