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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. ¤¤,¤,¤¤¤,,
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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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¤,,,¤¤,,¤, 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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,¤,,,,¤,¤¤ 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) ¤¤,¤,,,¤,,
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¤,¤¤,¤,,,, THIS YEAR AND TRY TO SNATCH SOME BEERS ,¤,¤,¤,,,,
¤¤,¤¤¤,,,, FROM THE LOCAL BEER THING ¤¤¤¤¤¤,,,¤
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