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,-~:$%¤#@@ @@#¤%$:~-,
,-~:$%¤#@# #@#¤%$:~-,
,,,,---:$¤ ¤$:---,,,,
,-~:$%¤@## ##@¤%$:~-,
,-~:$%¤#@# #,,,~~~~~~~~,,,# #@#¤%$:~-,
,-~:$%¤#@# ####,~~ FERMI'S PARADOX ~~,#### #@#¤%$:~-,
,-~:$%¤#@# #,,,~~~~~~~~,,,# #@#¤%$:~-,
,,-~::$$$¤ ¤$$$::~-,,
,-~:$$$$%# ON EARTH (THE PLANET WHERE I LIVE) A #%$$$$:~-,
,-~:$%¤#@# 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 @¤%::--,,,
,-~:$%¤#@# #@#¤%$:~-,
,,,-::$¤## #,,,~~~~~~~~,,,# ##¤$::-,,,
,-~:$%%%%¤ ####,~~ 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? ¤%%%$$:~-,
,,,,,-~:%# #%:~-,,,,,
,-~:$%¤#@# I THINK EVERYONE AGREES THAT WE HAVE NO #@#¤%$:~-,
,,,,-~:%%¤ IDEA WHAT WE'RE DOING (AND IT PROBABLY ¤%%:~-,,,,
,-~:$%¤#@@ SHOWS) @@#¤%$:~-,
,,,-:$$¤¤@ @¤¤$$:-,,,
,-~:$%¤#@# #,,,~~~~~~~~,,,# #@#¤%$:~-,
,-~:$%¤#@# ####,~~ FERMI'S PARADOX ~~,#### #@#¤%$:~-,
,-~:$%¤¤¤¤ #,,,~~~~~~~~,,,# ¤¤¤¤%$:~-,
,-~:$%¤#@# #@#¤%$:~-,
,-~:$$$¤¤# 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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