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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 ¨§¨§¨¨§¨§§
¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§ ¨§¨§¨§§¨¨§
¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§ 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, ¨§¨§¨§§¨¨§
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¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§ NO ¨ ONE ¨ HAS ¨ ANSWERED ¨§¨§¨§§¨¨§
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¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§ ####¨~~ 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!) ¨§¨§¨¨§¨§§
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¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§ 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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¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§ #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨# ¨§¨§¨§§¨¨§
¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§ ¨§¨§¨¨§¨§§
¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§ 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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