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#@@¤*:~.,, LOT OF US HAVE ANTENNAS ON OUR HOUSES ,,.~:*¤@@#
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#@@¤*:~.,, ANTENNAS FOR LARGER BANDWITH, WE HAVE ,,.~:*¤@@#
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@¤*:~.,,,, SPECIFIC WAVELENGTHS (AND SENT THEM ,,,,.~:*¤@
¤*:~.,,,,, INTO ORBIT), WE'VE BUILT LARGE AS FUCK ,,,,,.~:*¤
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:~.,,,,,,, WE'VE VIRTUALLY BUILT AN ANTENNA WITH A ,,,,,,,.~:
~.,,,,,,,, DISH AS LARGE AS EARTH. ,,,,,,,,.~
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@¤*:~.,,,, PLACEMENT IN THE GALAXY, AND OUR ,,,,.~:*¤@
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#@@¤*:~.,, AND ~OUR~ LOCAL CLUSTERS PLACE IN THE ,,.~:*¤@@#
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@¤*:~.,,,, 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 ,,,.~:*¤@@
#@@¤*:~.,, AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT (LIGHT IS OUR ,,.~:*¤@@#
##@@¤*:~., MEDIUM! GOODSPEED YOU, BLACK EMPEROR!), ,.~:*¤@@##
#@@¤*:~.,, DESPITE GHOSTS HELPING AND THE ,,.~:*¤@@#
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@¤*:~.,,,, FILTERING, DESPITE OUR VERY OBVIOUS ,,,,.~:*¤@
¤*:~.,,,,, BEAMING OF ALL OUR SECRETS IN EVERY ,,,,,.~:*¤
*:~.,,,,,, DIRECTION KNOWN TO US, ,,,,,,.~:*
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#@@¤*:~.,, SO WHY IS THAT? ,,.~:*¤@@#
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#@@¤*:~.,, 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 ,,,,,.~:*¤
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:~.,,,,,,, THIS YEAR AND TRY TO SNATCH SOME BEERS ,,,,,,,.~:
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