,:~*^£££&# #&£££^*~:,
,:~*^£&@@# #@@&£^*~:,
,:~*^£&@## ##@&£^*~:,
,:~*^£&@## ##@&£^*~:,
,:~*^£&@@@ @@@&£^*~:,
,:~*^£&### #,,,~~~~~~~~,,,# ###&£^*~:,
,:~*^£&@## ####,~~ 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 ###&£^*~:,
,:~*^£&@@# #@@&£^*~:,
,:~*^£&@@@ @@@&£^*~:,
,:~*^£&@## ##@&£^*~:,
,:~*^£@### ###@£^*~:,
,,,,,:**£& &£**:,,,,,