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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 ,,,,,&,&&,
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&,,,,&,,,, WE'VE VIRTUALLY BUILT AN ANTENNA WITH A ,,,,,,,&,&
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,&&&,,,,&, WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT OUR POSITION IN THE ,,&,,,,,,,
,&,&&,,,,& SOLAR SYSTEM, OUR SOLAR SYSTEMS &,,&,,,,,,
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,,,&,&&,,, GALAXYS PLACEMENT IN THE LOCAL CLUSTER, ,,&,,&,,,,
,,,,,&&&,, AND -OUR- LOCAL CLUSTERS PLACE IN THE ,,,&,,&,,,
,,,,,&,&&, GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS ,,,,&,,&,,
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,,,,,,,&,& 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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,,&,&&,,,, 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 ,,&&&,,,,&
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,,,&&&,,&, BUT REALLY ISN'T THAT KEEPING THE ,,,,&,&&,,
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&&,,,,,&&& IDEA WHAT WE'RE DOING (AND IT PROBABLY ,&,,,,,,&,
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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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