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¨^^«//&@@# 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 ##@@&%/«^¨
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¨¨¨¨^^/%@@ ANTENNA ARRAYS @@%/^^¨¨¨¨
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¨^«/%&@@## DISH AS LARGE AS EARTH. ##@@&%/«^¨
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¨¨¨¨^/%&&@ PLACEMENT IN THE GALAXY, AND OUR @&&%/^¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨^^/&@ 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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¨^«/%&@@## (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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¨¨¨¨^/%%@@ 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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¨¨¨«//&&&@ THIS YEAR AND TRY TO SNATCH SOME BEERS @&&&//«¨¨¨
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