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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 ,,,,,^~~^#
¶¶$$$^/~^, SPECIFIC WAVELENGTHS (AND SENT THEM ,^~/^$$$¶¶
##¶#$^/~^, INTO ORBIT), WE'VE BUILT LARGE AS FUCK ,^~/^$#¶##
##$^~,,,,, ANTENNA ARRAYS ,,,,,~^$##
¶##$/~^^^, WE'VE VIRTUALLY BUILT AN ANTENNA WITH A ,^^^~/$##¶
##¶#$^/~^, DISH AS LARGE AS EARTH. ,^~/^$#¶##
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¶¶#^//^^^, 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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¶¶$///^,,, VELOCITY AND THE SUNS MOVING AROUND THE ,,,^///$¶¶
##¶#$^/~^, CENTER OF THE GALAXY AT VELOCITY AND ,^~/^$#¶##
##¶#$^/~^, THE GALAXY IS MOVING TOWARD ANDROMEDA ,^~/^$#¶##
##¶#$^/~^, AND WE'RE BOTH MOVING ANTICLOCKWISE ,^~/^$#¶##
##¶#$^/~^, AROUND THE GALAXY. AND WE AS A SPECIES ,^~/^$#¶##
###¶#$^/~, HAVE LEARNED TO TAKE ALL THAT IN ACCOUNT ,~/^$#¶###
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¶¶$^^~,,,, AND DESPITE ALL THIS, DESPITE ALL OUR ,,,,~^^$¶¶
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##¶#$^/~^, RADIO PROGRAMMES OUT IN FUCKING SPACE ,^~/^$#¶##
###¶#$^/^, AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT (LIGHT IS OUR ,^/^$#¶###
####$^/~^, MEDIUM! GOODSPEED YOU, BLACK EMPEROR!), ,^~/^$####
#^~^^^^^,, 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 ,^~~~~/^#¶
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¶¶$$^^/~^, BUT REALLY ISN'T THAT KEEPING THE ,^~/^^$$¶¶
##¶#$^/~^, DEFINITION OF LIFE REALLY LAX? ,^~/^$#¶##
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#^~~~^,,,, I THINK EVERYONE AGREES THAT WE HAVE NO ,,,,^~~~^#
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#¶¶#$^/~^, THIS YEAR AND TRY TO SNATCH SOME BEERS ,^~/^$#¶¶#
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