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#,#,,#,#,#     ####,-- fermi's paradox --,####      #,#,#,#,#,
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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 #,#,#,#,#,
#,#,,#,#,#                                          #,#,#,#,#,
#,#,##,#,, 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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#,#,,#,#,# no    ,   one    ,    has   ,   answered #,#,#,#,#,
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#,#,##,#,,     ####,-- fermi's paradox --,####      #,#,#,#,#,
#,#,,#,#,#             #,,,--------,,,#             #,#,#,#,#,
#,#,##,#,,                                          #,#,#,#,#,
#,#,,#,#,#              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?      #,#,#,#,#,
#,#,##,#,,                                          #,#,#,#,#,
#,#,,#,#,# i  think everyone agrees that we have no #,#,#,#,#,
#,#,##,#,, idea what we're  doing (and it  probably #,#,#,#,#,
#,#,,#,#,#                  shows)                  #,#,#,#,#,
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#,#,##,#,,     ####,-- fermi's paradox --,####      #,#,#,#,#,
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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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