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&&,,,,,,,, ON EARTH (THE PLANET WHERE I LIVE) A ,,&,&&,,,&
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,&,&&,,,,, ANTENNAS FOR LARGER BANDWITH, WE HAVE ,&&,,,&&&,
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&,,&,&&,,, SPECIFIC WAVELENGTHS (AND SENT THEM ,&,&&,,,&&
&&,,,&&&,, 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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,&&&,,&,,& 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 ,,,,,&&&,,
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,,,,,,,&&& THE UNIVERSE SAY IT'S BECAUSE YOU NEED ,,,,&&&,,&
&,,,,,,&,& A CLASS ONE-OR-THE-OTHER STAR AND THE ,,,,&,&&,,
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