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¤,,¤¤¤,,,, 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 ¤¤,,,,¤,¤,
¤¤¤¤,,¤¤¤¤ ,¤,,,¤¤¤¤,
,,,¤,¤,,,, 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 ,¤,¤,¤¤,¤¤
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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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¤,,,¤,¤¤¤¤ 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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¤,¤,,¤,,,, THIS YEAR AND TRY TO SNATCH SOME BEERS ¤¤,,¤¤¤,,,
¤¤¤,¤¤,,,, FROM THE LOCAL BEER THING ,¤,¤,,¤,,¤
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