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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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##$=:~,¨¨¨ AND WE'RE MOVING AROUND THE SUN AT ¨¨¨,~:=$##
#$=:~,¨¨¨¨ VELOCITY AND THE SUNS MOVING AROUND THE ¨¨¨¨,~:=$#
$=:~,¨¨¨¨¨ CENTER OF THE GALAXY AT VELOCITY AND ¨¨¨¨¨,~:=$
#$=:~,¨¨¨¨ THE GALAXY IS MOVING TOWARD ANDROMEDA ¨¨¨¨,~:=$#
##$=:~,¨¨¨ AND WE'RE BOTH MOVING ANTICLOCKWISE ¨¨¨,~:=$##
###$=:~,¨¨ AROUND THE GALAXY. AND WE AS A SPECIES ¨¨,~:=$###
####$=:~,¨ HAVE LEARNED TO TAKE ALL THAT IN ACCOUNT ¨,~:=$####
###$=:~,¨¨ ¨¨,~:=$###
##$=:~,¨¨¨ AND DESPITE ALL THIS, DESPITE ALL OUR ¨¨¨,~:=$##
#$=:~,¨¨¨¨ (CLICHE) BEAMING OF FUCKING STELLAR ¨¨¨¨,~:=$#
$=:~,¨¨¨¨¨ RADIO PROGRAMMES OUT IN FUCKING SPACE ¨¨¨¨¨,~:=$
#$=:~,¨¨¨¨ AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT (LIGHT IS OUR ¨¨¨¨,~:=$#
##$=:~,¨¨¨ MEDIUM! GOODSPEED YOU, BLACK EMPEROR!), ¨¨¨,~:=$##
###$=:~,¨¨ DESPITE GHOSTS HELPING AND THE ¨¨,~:=$###
####$=:~,¨ COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS LOWPASS ¨,~:=$####
###$=:~,¨¨ FILTERING, DESPITE OUR VERY OBVIOUS ¨¨,~:=$###
##$=:~,¨¨¨ BEAMING OF ALL OUR SECRETS IN EVERY ¨¨¨,~:=$##
#$=:~,¨¨¨¨ DIRECTION KNOWN TO US, ¨¨¨¨,~:=$#
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#$=:~,¨¨¨¨ NO ¨ ONE ¨ HAS ¨ ANSWERED ¨¨¨¨,~:=$#
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#$=:~,¨¨¨¨ SO WHY IS THAT? ¨¨¨¨,~:=$#
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#$=:~,¨¨¨¨ MOST OPPONENTS TO INTELLIGENT LIFE IN ¨¨¨¨,~:=$#
##$=:~,¨¨¨ THE UNIVERSE SAY IT'S BECAUSE YOU NEED ¨¨¨,~:=$##
###$=:~,¨¨ A CLASS ONE-OR-THE-OTHER STAR AND THE ¨¨,~:=$###
####$=:~,¨ PLANET NEEDS TO BE AT A SEE-AND-SO ¨,~:=$####
###$=:~,¨¨ DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE STAR (LIKE THERE ¨¨,~:=$###
##$=:~,¨¨¨ HAS TO BE A PLANET!) ¨¨¨,~:=$##
#$=:~,¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨,~:=$#
$=:~,¨¨¨¨¨ BUT REALLY ISN'T THAT KEEPING THE ¨¨¨¨¨,~:=$
#$=:~,¨¨¨¨ DEFINITION OF LIFE REALLY LAX? ¨¨¨¨,~:=$#
##$=:~,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,~:=$##
###$=:~,¨¨ I THINK EVERYONE AGREES THAT WE HAVE NO ¨¨,~:=$###
####$=:~,¨ IDEA WHAT WE'RE DOING (AND IT PROBABLY ¨,~:=$####
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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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