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,,,,,^†£@# #@£†^,,,,,
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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 ##@§£%†-^,
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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 #@@§£%†-^,
,,,,,-†%§# #§%†-,,,,,
,^-†%£§@## 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, ##@§£%†-^,
,^-†%£§@## ##@§£%†-^,
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,^-†%£§@## 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'M GONNA GO SMOKE MY THIRD CIGARETTE §£†^,,,,,,
,^-†%£§§§# THIS YEAR AND TRY TO SNATCH SOME BEERS #§§§£%†-^,
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