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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 ,¤¤¤¤¤,,,¤
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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!) ,,¤,,¤¤¤¤,
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,,¤¤,¤¤¤,, 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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