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.^=†%$¤#@# #@#¤$%†=^.
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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 @¤¤%†^^...
.^=†%$$$#@ @#$$$%†=^.
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.^=†%$¤#@# Velocity And The Suns Moving Around The #@#¤$%†=^.
.^=†%$¤#@# Center Of The Galaxy At Velocity And #@#¤$%†=^.
.^=†††$$#@ The Galaxy Is Moving Toward Andromeda @#$$†††=^.
.=†%$¤#@## And We'Re Both Moving Anticlockwise ##@#¤$%†=.
.^=†%$¤#@# Around The Galaxy. And We As A Species #@#¤$%†=^.
.^=†%¤#@## 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 ¤%††=.....
.^=†%$¤#@# Collective Consciousness Lowpass #@#¤$%†=^.
...^^==†$# Filtering, Despite Our Very Obvious #$†==^^...
.....^†%$¤ Beaming Of All Our Secrets In Every ¤$%†^.....
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.^=†%$¤#@# So Why Is That? #@#¤$%†=^.
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....^†††%¤ The Universe Say It'S Because You Need ¤%†††^....
.^=†%$¤### A Class One-Or-The-Other Star And The ###¤$%†=^.
.^=†%$¤#@# Planet Needs To Be At A See-And-So #@#¤$%†=^.
.^=†%$¤#@# Distance Away From The Star (Like There #@#¤$%†=^.
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.^=†%$¤#@# #@#¤$%†=^.
.^=†%$¤#@@ But Really Isn'T That Keeping The @@#¤$%†=^.
.^=†%$¤#@@ Definition Of Life Really Lax? @@#¤$%†=^.
.....^†%¤@ @¤%†^.....
.^=†%$¤#@# I Think Everyone Agrees That We Have No #@#¤$%†=^.
....^==%$# Idea What We'Re Doing (And It Probably #$%==^....
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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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