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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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.^-/$¤¶### no . one . has . answered ###¶¤$/-^.
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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 ##¶#¤$/-^.
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.^-/$¤#¶## i'm gonna go smoke my third cigarette ##¶#¤$/-^.
....--$$$# this year and try to snatch some beers #$$$--....
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