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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 ,,,,=====#
##$=~~,,,, ANTENNA ARRAYS ,,,,~~=$##
####$===~, WE'VE VIRTUALLY BUILT AN ANTENNA WITH A ,~===$####
##$$==~,,, DISH AS LARGE AS EARTH. ,,,~==$$##
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##$$==~,,, WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT OUR POSITION IN THE ,,,~==$$##
###$====~, SOLAR SYSTEM, OUR SOLAR SYSTEMS ,~====$###
####$===~, PLACEMENT IN THE GALAXY, AND OUR ,~===$####
#$==,,,,,, GALAXYS PLACEMENT IN THE LOCAL CLUSTER, ,,,,,,==$#
##=====~~, AND =OUR= LOCAL CLUSTERS PLACE IN THE ,~~=====##
#===~,,,,, GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS ,,,,,~===#
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####$===~, AND WE'RE MOVING AROUND THE SUN AT ,~===$####
###$$===~, VELOCITY AND THE SUNS MOVING AROUND THE ,~===$$###
####$===~, CENTER OF THE GALAXY AT VELOCITY AND ,~===$####
####$===~, THE GALAXY IS MOVING TOWARD ANDROMEDA ,~===$####
##$=====~, AND WE'RE BOTH MOVING ANTICLOCKWISE ,~=====$##
####$===~, AROUND THE GALAXY. AND WE AS A SPECIES ,~===$####
#$==~,,,,, HAVE LEARNED TO TAKE ALL THAT IN ACCOUNT ,,,,,~==$#
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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 ,,~~~====#
###==~~~~, COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS LOWPASS ,~~~~==###
####$===~, FILTERING, DESPITE OUR VERY OBVIOUS ,~===$####
####$===~, BEAMING OF ALL OUR SECRETS IN EVERY ,~===$####
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#$$====~~, MOST OPPONENTS TO INTELLIGENT LIFE IN ,~~====$$#
##===,,,,, THE UNIVERSE SAY IT'S BECAUSE YOU NEED ,,,,,===##
####$===~, A CLASS ONE-OR-THE-OTHER STAR AND THE ,~===$####
####$===~, PLANET NEEDS TO BE AT A SEE-AND-SO ,~===$####
###$=~,,,, DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE STAR (LIKE THERE ,,,,~=$###
####$===~, HAS TO BE A PLANET!) ,~===$####
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###$$===~, BUT REALLY ISN'T THAT KEEPING THE ,~===$$###
####$===~, DEFINITION OF LIFE REALLY LAX? ,~===$####
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#$==,,,,,, I THINK EVERYONE AGREES THAT WE HAVE NO ,,,,,,==$#
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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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