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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)                  ,,~*†%@#@#
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#@%†*~,,,,             #,,,~~~~~~~~,,,#             ,,,,~*†%@#
@%†*~,,,,,     ####,~~ 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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