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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, ##@#£*^»^,
,^»^*£#@## ##@#£*^»^,
,^»^*£#@## no , one , has , answered ##@#£*^»^,
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,^»^*£#@## ####,»» 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 »»,#### @#£^»»,,,,
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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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