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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 ,¤,,¤¤,,,,
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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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¤¤¤,,¤¤¤,, 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? ,,¤¤¤,,,,,
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,¤¤¤¤,,,¤¤ 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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