...=^*$&@# #@&$*^=...
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...=^*$&@# #@&$*^=...
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.....=^*$& &$*^=.....
......=^*$ #...========...# $*^=......
.......=^* ####.== Fermi'S Paradox ==.#### *^=.......
......=^*$ #...========...# $*^=......
.....=^*$& &$*^=.....
....=^*$&@ 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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