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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.         @@£%-,,,,,
,^-†%£§@##                                          ##@§£%†-^,
,,,^^-†%£@ 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 ##@§£%†-^,
,^-†%£§@##          DIRECTION KNOWN TO US,          ##@§£%†-^,
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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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,^-†%£§@@#      DEFINITION OF LIFE REALLY LAX?      #@@§£%†-^,
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,^-†%£§@## IDEA WHAT WE'RE DOING  (AND  IT PROBABLY ##@§£%†-^,
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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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