,:~\*%£@@# #@@£%*\~:,
,:~\*%£@@# #@@£%*\~:,
,,,,~~**%@ @%**~~,,,,
,,,~~~~*££ ££*~~~~,,,
,:~\*%£@@@ @@@£%*\~:,
,:~\*%%%££ #,,,~~~~~~~~,,,# ££%%%*\~:,
,:~\*%£@@@ ####,~~ 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 @%**~:,,,,
,:~\*%££@@ @@££%*\~:,
,:~\*%££@@ @@££%*\~:,
,,,,,,~**£ £**~,,,,,,
,,,,,:\%£@ @£%\:,,,,,
,,,~~**£@@ @@£**~~,,,