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##@@¤§†~,¨ 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 ¨¨,~†§¤@@#
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#@@¤§†~,¨¨ 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 ¨,~†§¤@@##
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##@@¤§†~,¨ 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 ¨¨,~†§¤@@#
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#@@¤§†~,¨¨ 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!) ¨¨,~†§¤@@#
##@@¤§†~,¨ ¨,~†§¤@@##
#@@¤§†~,¨¨ BUT REALLY ISN'T THAT KEEPING THE ¨¨,~†§¤@@#
##@@¤§†~,¨ DEFINITION OF LIFE REALLY LAX? ¨,~†§¤@@##
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##@@¤§†~,¨ I THINK EVERYONE AGREES THAT WE HAVE NO ¨,~†§¤@@##
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##@@¤§†~,¨ I'M GONNA GO SMOKE MY THIRD CIGARETTE ¨,~†§¤@@##
#@@¤§†~,¨¨ THIS YEAR AND TRY TO SNATCH SOME BEERS ¨¨,~†§¤@@#
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