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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 --,#### ##@@@§†-^,
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,^-†§@§§@@ @@§§@§†-^,
,,,,^^†@§@ 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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,^-†§@§§§§ #,,,--------,,,# §§§§@§†-^,
,^-†§@§§@@ @@§§@§†-^,
,^-†§@§@## 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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