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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.         ¤¤/««^^^^,
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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          @¤%%/^,,,,
,^«/%¤¤@@#                                          #@@¤¤%/«^,
,^«/%¤¤@## 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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,,^^/%¤¤¤¤             #,,,««««««««,,,#             ¤¤¤¤%/^^,,
,^«/¤¤@@##      ####,«« Fermi'S Paradox ««,####     ##@@¤¤/«^,
,^«/%¤¤¤¤@             #,,,««««««««,,,#             @¤¤¤¤%/«^,
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,,,,,,,«%¤              So Why Is That?             ¤%«,,,,,,,
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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?      @@@¤¤%/«^,
,^«/%¤¤@@#                                          #@@¤¤%/«^,
,^«/%¤¤@@# I  Think Everyone Agrees That We Have No #@@¤¤%/«^,
,^«/%¤¤¤¤@ Idea What  We'Re Doing (And  It Probably @¤¤¤¤%/«^,
,,,,^///¤¤                  Shows)                  ¤¤///^,,,,
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,^«/%¤@@##             #,,,««««««««,,,#             ##@@¤%/«^,
,,,«««/%%¤     ####,«« 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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