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&%*\«-,,,, ON EARTH (THE PLANET WHERE I LIVE) A ,,,,-«\*%&
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&%*\«-,,,, OR BALCONIES, WE HAVE BUILT LARGE ,,,,-«\*%&
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##&%*\«-,, INTO ORBIT), WE'VE BUILT LARGE AS FUCK ,,-«\*%&##
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&%*\«-,,,, WE'VE VIRTUALLY BUILT AN ANTENNA WITH A ,,,,-«\*%&
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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 ,,,-«\*%&#
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&%*\«-,,,, HAVE LEARNED TO TAKE ALL THAT IN ACCOUNT ,,,,-«\*%&
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&%*\«-,,,, AND DESPITE ALL THIS, DESPITE ALL OUR ,,,,-«\*%&
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##&%*\«-,, RADIO PROGRAMMES OUT IN FUCKING SPACE ,,-«\*%&##
###&%*\«-, AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT (LIGHT IS OUR ,-«\*%&###
##&%*\«-,, MEDIUM! GOODSPEED YOU, BLACK EMPEROR!), ,,-«\*%&##
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&%*\«-,,,, COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS LOWPASS ,,,,-«\*%&
%*\«-,,,,, FILTERING, DESPITE OUR VERY OBVIOUS ,,,,,-«\*%
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#&%*\«-,,, A CLASS ONE-OR-THE-OTHER STAR AND THE ,,,-«\*%&#
&%*\«-,,,, PLANET NEEDS TO BE AT A SEE-AND-SO ,,,,-«\*%&
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###&%*\«-, 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 ,,,,-«\*%&
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&%*\«-,,,, THIS YEAR AND TRY TO SNATCH SOME BEERS ,,,,-«\*%&
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