,~~***§£## ##£§***~~,
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,,,~*****£ £*****~,,,
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,~~***§£## #,,,~~~~~~~~,,,# ##£§***~~,
,,,~***§§§ ####,~~ 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 #§**~~~,,,
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