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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. ,,,,,,&&&,
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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 ,&,&&,,,,,
,,&,&&,,,, 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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,&&&,,,,&, NO , ONE , HAS , ANSWERED ,,,,&,,,,,
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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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