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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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*%:»,¨¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨»»»»»»»»¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨¨,»:%*
%:»,¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨,»:%
*%:»,¨¨¨¨¨ SO WHY IS THAT? ¨¨¨¨¨,»:%*
@*%:»,¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨,»:%*@
#@*%:»,¨¨¨ 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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*%:»,¨¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨»»»»»»»»¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨¨,»:%*
%:»,¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨,»:%
*%:»,¨¨¨¨¨ 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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