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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 ¤%†††^....
.^=†%$¤### A  Class  One-Or-The-Other Star  And The ###¤$%†=^.
.^=†%$¤#@# Planet  Needs  To  Be  At  A  See-And-So #@#¤$%†=^.
.^=†%$¤#@# Distance  Away From The Star (Like There #@#¤$%†=^.
.^=†%%%$¤¤           Has To Be A Planet!)           ¤¤$%%%†=^.
.^=†%$¤#@#                                          #@#¤$%†=^.
.^=†%$¤#@@ But  Really  Isn'T   That   Keeping  The @@#¤$%†=^.
.^=†%$¤#@@      Definition Of Life Really Lax?      @@#¤$%†=^.
.....^†%¤@                                          @¤%†^.....
.^=†%$¤#@# I Think Everyone  Agrees That We Have No #@#¤$%†=^.
....^==%$# Idea What We'Re  Doing (And It  Probably #$%==^....
.^=†$¤#@##                  Shows)                  ##@#¤$†=^.
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.^=†%$¤#@#             #...========...#             #@#¤$%†=^.
...^=%$¤##      ####.== Fermi'S Paradox ==.####     ##¤$%=^...
.....^†$¤@             #...========...#             @¤$†^.....
.^=†%$#@##                                          ##@#$%†=^.
.^=†%$¤### I'M  Gonna Go Smoke My  Third  Cigarette ###¤$%†=^.
.......=%¤ This Year And Try To  Snatch  Some Beers ¤%=.......
.^=†%$¤#@@         From The Local Beer Thing        @@#¤$%†=^.
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