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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. ,,,,,«\*@¤
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¤@*\«,,,,, 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 ,,,,«\*@¤@
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@*\«,,,,,, 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 ,,,,«\*@¤@
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@*\«,,,,,, 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, ,,,,,«\*@¤
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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!) ,,,,,,«\*@
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@¤@*\«,,,, 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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