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#¶£%†=-,.. on  earth (the planet  where  i  live) a ..,-=†%£¶#
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#¶£%†=-,.. 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 ..,-=†%£¶#
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##¶£%†=-,. we've learned about our position in  the .,-=†%£¶##
#¶£%†=-,..     solar system, our solar systems      ..,-=†%£¶#
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#¶£%†=-,.. 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 ..,-=†%£¶#
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#¶£%†=-,..   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 ..,-=†%£¶#
##¶£%†=-,.   (cliche) beaming of fucking stellar    .,-=†%£¶##
#¶£%†=-,.. radio programmes  out  in  fucking space ..,-=†%£¶#
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#¶£%†=-,.. medium! goodspeed you, black emperor!),  ..,-=†%£¶#
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#¶£%†=-,..     collective consciousness lowpass     ..,-=†%£¶#
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#¶£%†=-,.. beaming  of  all  our secrets  in  every ..,-=†%£¶#
##¶£%†=-,.          direction known to us,          .,-=†%£¶##
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#¶£%†=-,.. the  universe say it's  because you need ..,-=†%£¶#
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#¶£%†=-,.. planet  needs  to  be  at  a  see-and-so ..,-=†%£¶#
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#¶£%†=-,..           has to be a planet!)           ..,-=†%£¶#
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¶£%†=-,...      definition of life really lax?      ...,-=†%£¶
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#¶£%†=-,.. idea what we're doing  (and  it probably ..,-=†%£¶#
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