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§§§§.§.§..           the sick shit about            .§.§§.§§§.
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..§§....§§ is that it's pretty young  as worlds go, .§§....§§§
.§.§...§.. there must  have  been countless  worlds §.§...§..§
§§§§..§§.§ here  before  ours, on this  earth,  and §§§..§§.§§
...§.§.§§§             what about this:             ..§.§.§§..
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.§....§.§§ if i  am  a  cat,  twenty years  of age, §....§§§..
§§...§§§.. i've lived  almost  two  percent  of the §...§..§..
.§..§..§.§            time since zero bce           §..§§.§§.§
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.§§.§§..§. things are recent. humanity  is  recent. §§§§.§§...
§.§§.§.§§. it was not, geologically speaking,  such ...§§.§...
§§.§§§§.§§ a very  long  time  since  they invented ..§.§§§..§
.§§...§§..                the wheel                 .§§§..§.§.
§.§..§.§.§                   and                    §..§.§§§§.
§§§.§§§§§. i  like  the wheel just as much  as  the §.§§§...§§
..§§....§§ next person but  what about  the  earth? §§..§..§..
.§.§...§.§ the  original  marble.   the  loose  orb .§.§§.§§..
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