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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, ###¤&†/-^.
.^-/†&¤### ###¤&†/-^.
.^-/†&¤### NO . ONE . HAS . ANSWERED ###¤&†/-^.
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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!) ###¤&†/-^.
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.^-/†&¤### 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 ####¤&†-^.
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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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