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,^~\%£#@@# #@@#£%\~^,
,,,,^\\£@@ @@£\\^,,,,
,,,,^\\£## ##£\\^,,,,
,^~\%£#@@# #,,,~~~~~~~~,,,# #@@#£%\~^,
,,,,,,~%£@ ####,~~ FERMI'S PARADOX ~~,#### @£%~,,,,,,
,,,,^^\£@@ #,,,~~~~~~~~,,,# @@£\^^,,,,
,^~\%£#@@@ @@@#£%\~^,
,^~\\\%#@@ 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. #%%%\\^,,,
,^~\%£#@@# #@@#£%\~^,
,,,,^~~~%# 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 #@@#£%\~^,
,^~\%£#@@# #@@#£%\~^,
,,,,,~\£#@ #,,,~~~~~~~~,,,# @#£\~,,,,,
,^~~~\\££# ####,~~ FERMI'S PARADOX ~~,#### #££\\~~~^,
,^~\%£#@@@ #,,,~~~~~~~~,,,# @@@#£%\~^,
,^~\%££##@ @##££%\~^,
,,,,,^~%## SO WHY IS THAT? ##%~^,,,,,
,^~\%£#@@# #@@#£%\~^,
,^~\%£#@@# 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? #@@#£%\~^,
,^~\%#@@## ##@@#%\~^,
,^~\%£#@## I THINK EVERYONE AGREES THAT WE HAVE NO ##@#£%\~^,
,,,,,,~%%# IDEA WHAT WE'RE DOING (AND IT PROBABLY #%%~,,,,,,
,^~\%£#@@# SHOWS) #@@#£%\~^,
,,,,~%%%%# #%%%%~,,,,
,^~\%£#@@@ #,,,~~~~~~~~,,,# @@@#£%\~^,
,,^~\%££@@ ####,~~ FERMI'S PARADOX ~~,#### @@££%\~^,,
,^\%£#@@## #,,,~~~~~~~~,,,# ##@@#£%\^,
,^^^~\%%£# #£%%\~^^^,
,,,~~\\£#@ 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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