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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 ..:~=*¤§£#
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#£§¤*=~:.. 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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¤*=~:..... 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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