,,~*****@@ @@*****~,,
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,,~~****£@ @£****~~,,
,,~***£@@@ @@@£***~,,
,,~***£@@# #@@£***~,,
,,~***££@@ #,,,~~~~~~~~,,,# @@££***~,,
,,~***£@@# ####,~~ fermi's paradox ~~,#### #@@£***~,,
,,~***£@@# #,,,~~~~~~~~,,,# #@@£***~,,
,,~******£ £******~,,
,,,,,,,**£ 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, #@@£***~,,
,,~***£@@# #@@£***~,,
,,~***£@## no , one , has , answered ##@£***~,,
,,~***£@@# #@@£***~,,
,,~***£@## #,,,~~~~~~~~,,,# ##@£***~,,
,,,,~~**@@ ####,~~ fermi's paradox ~~,#### @@**~~,,,,
,,,,***£@@ #,,,~~~~~~~~,,,# @@£***,,,,
,,~***£@@# #@@£***~,,
,,~~~~**£@ 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) ##@@***~,,
,,~***£@@# #@@£***~,,
,,,,,,**@@ #,,,~~~~~~~~,,,# @@**,,,,,,
,,~***£@@# ####,~~ fermi's paradox ~~,#### #@@£***~,,
,,,,,,~**£ #,,,~~~~~~~~,,,# £**~,,,,,,
,,~*****@@ @@*****~,,
,,,,,~*£@@ i'm gonna go smoke my third cigarette @@£*~,,,,,
,,,~****££ this year and try to snatch some beers ££****~,,,
,,,,,,,**£ from the local beer thing £**,,,,,,,
,,~***£@@# #@@£***~,,
,,~***@@## ##@@***~,,
,,~*****£@ @£*****~,,
,~***£@@## ##@@£***~,
,,,,,,***£ £***,,,,,,