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£^*~~¨¨¨¨¨ build specialized antennaes for ¨¨¨¨¨~~*^£
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#§£^*~~¨¨¨ into orbit), we've built large as fuck ¨¨¨~~*^£§#
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^*~~¨¨¨¨¨¨ placement in the galaxy, and our ¨¨¨¨¨¨~~*^
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#§£^*~~¨¨¨ center of the galaxy at velocity and ¨¨¨~~*^£§#
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^*~~¨¨¨¨¨¨ (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 ¨¨¨¨¨~~*^£
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#§£^*~~¨¨¨ beaming of all our secrets in every ¨¨¨~~*^£§#
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨~~*^£
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*~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ idea what we're doing (and it probably ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~*
~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ shows) ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~
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