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..........     ####.-- Fermi'S Paradox --.####      ..........
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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,          ####£^†-^.
..^-†^£###                                          ###£^†-^..
...^-†^£## No   .   One    .    Has   .    Answered ##£^†-^...
....^-†^£#                                          #£^†-^....
.....^-†^£             #...--------...#             £^†-^.....
......^-†^     ####.-- Fermi'S Paradox --.####      ^†-^......
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.........^              So Why Is That?             ^.........
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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 †-^.......
......^-†^ Idea What We'Re  Doing  (And It Probably ^†-^......
.....^-†^£                  Shows)                  £^†-^.....
....^-†^£#                                          #£^†-^....
...^-†^£##             #...--------...#             ##£^†-^...
..^-†^£###     ####.-- Fermi'S Paradox --.####      ###£^†-^..
.^-†^£####             #...--------...#             ####£^†-^.
..^-†^£###                                          ###£^†-^..
...^-†^£## 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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