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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.         ,@,@,@,@,@
,,@,@,,@,@                                          ,@,@,@,@,@
,@@,@,@@,@ 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 ,@,@,@,@,@
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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,          ,@,@,@,@,@
,,@,@,,@,@                                          ,@,@,@,@,@
,@@,@,@@,@ 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?      ,@,@,@,@,@
,,@,@,,@,@                                          ,@,@,@,@,@
,@@,@,@@,@ I THINK EVERYONE AGREES THAT  WE HAVE NO ,@,@,@,@,@
,,@,@,,@,@ IDEA  WHAT WE'RE DOING (AND  IT PROBABLY ,@,@,@,@,@
,@@,@,@@,@                  SHOWS)                  ,@,@,@,@,@
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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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