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,~«;§§¤#@# 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 @¤§«~,,,,,
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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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,~«;§§¤#@# 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!) @#§§««,,,,
,~«;§§¤#@# #@#¤§§;«~,
,~«;§§¤¤¤# 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 #@#¤§§;«~,
,~«;§§¤#@# 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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