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...,~†$%##     ####.~~ fermi's paradox ~~.####      ##%$†~,...
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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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...,~†$%## no    .    one   .    has   .   answered ##%$†~,...
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..,~†$%###      ####.~~ fermi's paradox ~~.####     ###%$†~,..
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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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....,~†$%#      ####.~~ fermi's paradox ~~.####     #%$†~,....
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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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