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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. ,¤¤,,,,¤¤,
,,,,¤¤,,¤¤ ,,,,¤¤,,,,
¤¤¤,,,,,,, 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, ,,,¤¤¤¤,,¤
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,¤¤¤¤¤¤,,, NO , ONE , HAS , ANSWERED ¤,,,,,,¤¤,
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,,,,,,,,,, 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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¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ 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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