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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 #,,#,#,#,,
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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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#,###,###, 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 ###,#,,,,#
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,,#,,,###,      definition of life really lax?      ,##,##,,,#
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#,#,##,##, i think  everyone agrees that we have no ##,###,#,#
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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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