,~~\^§#@## ##@#§^\~~,
,~~\^^^^§@ @§^^^^\~~,
,,,,~~\$$# #$$\~~,,,,
,~~\^$§#@# #@#§$^\~~,
,,,~\\^§#@ @#§^\\~,,,
,~~\^$§#@# #,,,~~~~~~~~,,,# #@#§$^\~~,
,,,,,,~^§@ ####,~~ FERMI'S PARADOX ~~,#### @§^~,,,,,,
,~~\^$§#@# #,,,~~~~~~~~,,,# #@#§$^\~~,
,~~\\\$§#@ @#§$\\\~~,
,,,,,~~^§@ ON EARTH (THE PLANET WHERE I LIVE) A @§^~~,,,,,
,,~~~\^^$# LOT OF US HAVE ANTENNAS ON OUR HOUSES #$^^\~~~,,
,~~\^^^§§# OR BALCONIES, WE HAVE BUILT LARGE #§§^^^\~~,
,~~\^$§§## ANTENNAS FOR LARGER BANDWITH, WE HAVE ##§§$^\~~,
,~~\^$§#@# BUILD SPECIALIZED ANTENNAES FOR #@#§$^\~~,
,~~\^$§#@# SPECIFIC WAVELENGTHS (AND SENT THEM #@#§$^\~~,
,~~\^$§##@ INTO ORBIT), WE'VE BUILT LARGE AS FUCK @##§$^\~~,
,,,,,~\^§# ANTENNA ARRAYS #§^\~,,,,,
,,,,~~^^§§ WE'VE VIRTUALLY BUILT AN ANTENNA WITH A §§^^~~,,,,
,~~\^$§##@ DISH AS LARGE AS EARTH. @##§$^\~~,
,,~~\\$$§@ @§$$\\~~,,
,~~~~\^$§@ WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT OUR POSITION IN THE @§$^\~~~~,
,~~~~~^§#@ SOLAR SYSTEM, OUR SOLAR SYSTEMS @#§^~~~~~,
,~~\^$§##@ PLACEMENT IN THE GALAXY, AND OUR @##§$^\~~,
,,~~~\^$#@ GALAXYS PLACEMENT IN THE LOCAL CLUSTER, @#$^\~~~,,
,~~~\\$$#@ 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 #@#§$^\~~,
,,,,,,~\$# IDEA WHAT WE'RE DOING (AND IT PROBABLY #$\~,,,,,,
,~~\^^$§§@ SHOWS) @§§$^^\~~,
,~~\^$§##@ @##§$^\~~,
,,,,,,~~^§ #,,,~~~~~~~~,,,# §^~~,,,,,,
,,,,,,~^$§ ####,~~ FERMI'S PARADOX ~~,#### §$^~,,,,,,
,,,~~~^§## #,,,~~~~~~~~,,,# ##§^~~~,,,
,~~\^$#@## ##@#$^\~~,
,~~\^$§#@# I'M GONNA GO SMOKE MY THIRD CIGARETTE #@#§$^\~~,
,~~\^$§#@# THIS YEAR AND TRY TO SNATCH SOME BEERS #@#§$^\~~,
,~~\^$$$§@ FROM THE LOCAL BEER THING @§$$$^\~~,
,~~\\^^$§@ @§$^^\\~~,
,~~^$§#@## ##@#§$^~~,
,~~\^$$§## ##§$$^\~~,
,~~\^$§@## ##@§$^\~~,
,~~\^$§#@@ @@#§$^\~~,