,,~**@£¶## ##¶£@**~,,
,,~****@££ ££@****~,,
,,,,,*@@£# #£@@*,,,,,
,,,,,,,~*£ £*~,,,,,,,
,,~*****££ ££*****~,,
,,,,,,*@@¶ #,,,~~~~~~~~,,,# ¶@@*,,,,,,
,,~**@£¶## ####,~~ fermi's paradox ~~,#### ##¶£@**~,,
,,~**@£¶## #,,,~~~~~~~~,,,# ##¶£@**~,,
,,,,~*@@¶# #¶@@*~,,,,
,,,,,~~**£ 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 £*~~,,,,,,
,,~***@@@¶ ¶@@@***~,,
,,,,,,,~*£ #,,,~~~~~~~~,,,# £*~,,,,,,,
,,~**@£¶## ####,~~ fermi's paradox ~~,#### ##¶£@**~,,
,,,,,~*@¶¶ #,,,~~~~~~~~,,,# ¶¶@*~,,,,,
,,~**@£¶## ##¶£@**~,,
,,~**@£¶## 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) £@*~,,,,,,
,,,,,,*@££ ££@*,,,,,,
,,,,,,~*@¶ #,,,~~~~~~~~,,,# ¶@*~,,,,,,
,,~**@£¶## ####,~~ fermi's paradox ~~,#### ##¶£@**~,,
,,~**@£¶## #,,,~~~~~~~~,,,# ##¶£@**~,,
,,~**@£¶## ##¶£@**~,,
,,~**@£¶## 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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