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#@$=;-^,,, ON EARTH (THE PLANET WHERE I LIVE) A ,,,^-;=$@#
@$=;-^,,,, LOT OF US HAVE ANTENNAS ON OUR HOUSES ,,,,^-;=$@
$=;-^,,,,, OR BALCONIES, WE HAVE BUILT LARGE ,,,,,^-;=$
=;-^,,,,,, ANTENNAS FOR LARGER BANDWITH, WE HAVE ,,,,,,^-;=
$=;-^,,,,, BUILD SPECIALIZED ANTENNAES FOR ,,,,,^-;=$
@$=;-^,,,, SPECIFIC WAVELENGTHS (AND SENT THEM ,,,,^-;=$@
#@$=;-^,,, INTO ORBIT), WE'VE BUILT LARGE AS FUCK ,,,^-;=$@#
##@$=;-^,, ANTENNA ARRAYS ,,^-;=$@##
###@$=;-^, WE'VE VIRTUALLY BUILT AN ANTENNA WITH A ,^-;=$@###
##@$=;-^,, DISH AS LARGE AS EARTH. ,,^-;=$@##
#@$=;-^,,, ,,,^-;=$@#
@$=;-^,,,, WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT OUR POSITION IN THE ,,,,^-;=$@
$=;-^,,,,, SOLAR SYSTEM, OUR SOLAR SYSTEMS ,,,,,^-;=$
=;-^,,,,,, PLACEMENT IN THE GALAXY, AND OUR ,,,,,,^-;=
$=;-^,,,,, GALAXYS PLACEMENT IN THE LOCAL CLUSTER, ,,,,,^-;=$
@$=;-^,,,, AND -OUR- LOCAL CLUSTERS PLACE IN THE ,,,,^-;=$@
#@$=;-^,,, GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS ,,,^-;=$@#
##@$=;-^,, ,,^-;=$@##
###@$=;-^, AND WE'RE MOVING AROUND THE SUN AT ,^-;=$@###
##@$=;-^,, VELOCITY AND THE SUNS MOVING AROUND THE ,,^-;=$@##
#@$=;-^,,, CENTER OF THE GALAXY AT VELOCITY AND ,,,^-;=$@#
@$=;-^,,,, THE GALAXY IS MOVING TOWARD ANDROMEDA ,,,,^-;=$@
$=;-^,,,,, AND WE'RE BOTH MOVING ANTICLOCKWISE ,,,,,^-;=$
=;-^,,,,,, AROUND THE GALAXY. AND WE AS A SPECIES ,,,,,,^-;=
$=;-^,,,,, HAVE LEARNED TO TAKE ALL THAT IN ACCOUNT ,,,,,^-;=$
@$=;-^,,,, ,,,,^-;=$@
#@$=;-^,,, AND DESPITE ALL THIS, DESPITE ALL OUR ,,,^-;=$@#
##@$=;-^,, (CLICHE) BEAMING OF FUCKING STELLAR ,,^-;=$@##
###@$=;-^, RADIO PROGRAMMES OUT IN FUCKING SPACE ,^-;=$@###
##@$=;-^,, AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT (LIGHT IS OUR ,,^-;=$@##
#@$=;-^,,, MEDIUM! GOODSPEED YOU, BLACK EMPEROR!), ,,,^-;=$@#
@$=;-^,,,, DESPITE GHOSTS HELPING AND THE ,,,,^-;=$@
$=;-^,,,,, COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS LOWPASS ,,,,,^-;=$
=;-^,,,,,, FILTERING, DESPITE OUR VERY OBVIOUS ,,,,,,^-;=
$=;-^,,,,, BEAMING OF ALL OUR SECRETS IN EVERY ,,,,,^-;=$
@$=;-^,,,, DIRECTION KNOWN TO US, ,,,,^-;=$@
#@$=;-^,,, ,,,^-;=$@#
##@$=;-^,, NO , ONE , HAS , ANSWERED ,,^-;=$@##
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=;-^,,,,,, SO WHY IS THAT? ,,,,,,^-;=
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@$=;-^,,,, MOST OPPONENTS TO INTELLIGENT LIFE IN ,,,,^-;=$@
#@$=;-^,,, THE UNIVERSE SAY IT'S BECAUSE YOU NEED ,,,^-;=$@#
##@$=;-^,, A CLASS ONE-OR-THE-OTHER STAR AND THE ,,^-;=$@##
###@$=;-^, PLANET NEEDS TO BE AT A SEE-AND-SO ,^-;=$@###
##@$=;-^,, DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE STAR (LIKE THERE ,,^-;=$@##
#@$=;-^,,, HAS TO BE A PLANET!) ,,,^-;=$@#
@$=;-^,,,, ,,,,^-;=$@
$=;-^,,,,, BUT REALLY ISN'T THAT KEEPING THE ,,,,,^-;=$
=;-^,,,,,, DEFINITION OF LIFE REALLY LAX? ,,,,,,^-;=
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@$=;-^,,,, I THINK EVERYONE AGREES THAT WE HAVE NO ,,,,^-;=$@
#@$=;-^,,, IDEA WHAT WE'RE DOING (AND IT PROBABLY ,,,^-;=$@#
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=;-^,,,,,, I'M GONNA GO SMOKE MY THIRD CIGARETTE ,,,,,,^-;=
$=;-^,,,,, THIS YEAR AND TRY TO SNATCH SOME BEERS ,,,,,^-;=$
@$=;-^,,,, FROM THE LOCAL BEER THING ,,,,^-;=$@
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