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,,~~~:*£@@ 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 #@£@£*:~~,
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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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,,,,~~::£@ 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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,,,~::*@@£ (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, @@£*:::~~,
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,,,,,,~**@ PLANET NEEDS TO BE AT A SEE-AND-SO @**~,,,,,,
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,~~:*£@£## DEFINITION OF LIFE REALLY LAX? ##£@£*:~~,
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,,,,,,,~*@ I THINK EVERYONE AGREES THAT WE HAVE NO @*~,,,,,,,
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