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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? &&&&¤*:-^.
.^-:*¤## ###&¤*:-^.
.^-:***¤&& 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? ####&¤*-^.
.^-:*¤## ###&¤*:-^.
.^-:*¤## I THINK EVERYONE AGREES THAT WE HAVE NO ###&¤*:-^.
.^-:*¤## IDEA WHAT WE'RE DOING (AND IT PROBABLY ###&¤*:-^.
.^-:*¤## SHOWS) ###&¤*:-^.
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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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