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.:-†^$¤###     ####.-- Fermi'S Paradox --.####      ###¤$^†-:.
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.:-†^$¤###                                          ###¤$^†-:.
....:††$¤# On Earth  (The  Planet Where  I  Live) A #¤$††:....
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....:†^$¤¤ Antennas For  Larger  Bandwith,  We Have ¤¤$^†:....
.:-†^$¤¤¤#      Build Specialized Antennaes For     #¤¤¤$^†-:.
.:-†^$¤###   Specific Wavelengths (And Sent Them    ###¤$^†-:.
.:-†^$¤### Into Orbit),  We'Ve Built Large As  Fuck ###¤$^†-:.
....:-^¤¤¤              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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.:-†^$¤### And  We'Re  Moving  Around  The  Sun  At ###¤$^†-:.
....--†$## Velocity And The Suns Moving Around  The ##$†--....
.:-†^$#### Center Of  The  Galaxy At  Velocity  And ####$^†-:.
....--†$## The Galaxy Is  Moving  Toward  Andromeda ##$†--....
.....-^$$¤   And We'Re Both Moving Anticlockwise    ¤$$^-.....
.:-†^$¤### Around The Galaxy.  And  We As A Species ###¤$^†-:.
.:-†^$¤### Have Learned To Take All That In Account ###¤$^†-:.
.:-†^$¤###                                          ###¤$^†-:.
.:-†^$¤### And Despite  All This,  Despite All  Our ###¤$^†-:.
.:-†^$¤###    (Cliche) Beaming Of Fucking Stellar   ###¤$^†-:.
.:-†^$¤### Radio Programmes  Out  In  Fucking Space ###¤$^†-:.
...-†^^$$¤ At  The  Speed Of  Light  (Light Is  Our ¤$$^^†-...
....:--^$¤ Medium! Goodspeed You, Black Emperor!),  ¤$^--:....
.:-†^¤####      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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.:-†^$¤###      ####.-- Fermi'S Paradox --.####     ###¤$^†-:.
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.:-†^$¤###                                          ###¤$^†-:.
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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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.:-†^$¤###                                          ###¤$^†-:.
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.:-†^$¤### I'M Gonna Go Smoke  My  Third  Cigarette ###¤$^†-:.
.:-†^$¤### This Year  And Try To Snatch  Some Beers ###¤$^†-:.
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