¨¨¨¨¨,~^§@ @§^~,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,~^§ §^~,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~^ ^~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~ ~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨, ,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ####¨~~ FERMI'S PARADOX ~~¨#### ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨, ,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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, ,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ NO ¨ ONE ¨ HAS ¨ ANSWERED ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨, #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨# ,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~ ####¨~~ FERMI'S PARADOX ~~¨#### ~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~^ #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨# ^~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,~^§ §^~,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,~^§@ SO WHY IS THAT? @§^~,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,~^§@# #@§^~,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,~^§@## 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!) #@§^~,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,~^§@ @§^~,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,~^§ BUT REALLY ISN'T THAT KEEPING THE §^~,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~^ DEFINITION OF LIFE REALLY LAX? ^~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~ ~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨, 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 ##@§^~,¨¨¨
¨¨,~^§@### ###@§^~,¨¨
¨,~^§@#### ####@§^~,¨
¨¨,~^§@### ###@§^~,¨¨
¨¨¨,~^§@## ##@§^~,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,~^§@# #@§^~,¨¨¨¨