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@@¤$=*»,,, ON EARTH (THE PLANET WHERE I LIVE) A ,,,»*=$¤@@
@¤$=*»,,,, LOT OF US HAVE ANTENNAS ON OUR HOUSES ,,,,»*=$¤@
¤$=*»,,,,, OR BALCONIES, WE HAVE BUILT LARGE ,,,,,»*=$¤
$=*»,,,,,, ANTENNAS FOR LARGER BANDWITH, WE HAVE ,,,,,,»*=$
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@¤$=*»,,,, SPECIFIC WAVELENGTHS (AND SENT THEM ,,,,»*=$¤@
@@¤$=*»,,, INTO ORBIT), WE'VE BUILT LARGE AS FUCK ,,,»*=$¤@@
#@@¤$=*»,, ANTENNA ARRAYS ,,»*=$¤@@#
@@¤$=*»,,, WE'VE VIRTUALLY BUILT AN ANTENNA WITH A ,,,»*=$¤@@
@¤$=*»,,,, DISH AS LARGE AS EARTH. ,,,,»*=$¤@
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@¤$=*»,,,, PLACEMENT IN THE GALAXY, AND OUR ,,,,»*=$¤@
@@¤$=*»,,, GALAXYS PLACEMENT IN THE LOCAL CLUSTER, ,,,»*=$¤@@
#@@¤$=*»,, AND »OUR» LOCAL CLUSTERS PLACE IN THE ,,»*=$¤@@#
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$=*»,,,,,, VELOCITY AND THE SUNS MOVING AROUND THE ,,,,,,»*=$
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@¤$=*»,,,, THE GALAXY IS MOVING TOWARD ANDROMEDA ,,,,»*=$¤@
@@¤$=*»,,, AND WE'RE BOTH MOVING ANTICLOCKWISE ,,,»*=$¤@@
#@@¤$=*»,, AROUND THE GALAXY. AND WE AS A SPECIES ,,»*=$¤@@#
@@¤$=*»,,, HAVE LEARNED TO TAKE ALL THAT IN ACCOUNT ,,,»*=$¤@@
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@¤$=*»,,,, AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT (LIGHT IS OUR ,,,,»*=$¤@
@@¤$=*»,,, MEDIUM! GOODSPEED YOU, BLACK EMPEROR!), ,,,»*=$¤@@
#@@¤$=*»,, DESPITE GHOSTS HELPING AND THE ,,»*=$¤@@#
@@¤$=*»,,, COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS LOWPASS ,,,»*=$¤@@
@¤$=*»,,,, FILTERING, DESPITE OUR VERY OBVIOUS ,,,,»*=$¤@
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$=*»,,,,,, DIRECTION KNOWN TO US, ,,,,,,»*=$
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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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@¤$=*»,,,, DEFINITION OF LIFE REALLY LAX? ,,,,»*=$¤@
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#@@¤$=*»,, I THINK EVERYONE AGREES THAT WE HAVE NO ,,»*=$¤@@#
@@¤$=*»,,, IDEA WHAT WE'RE DOING (AND IT PROBABLY ,,,»*=$¤@@
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#@@¤$=*»,, I'M GONNA GO SMOKE MY THIRD CIGARETTE ,,»*=$¤@@#
@@¤$=*»,,, THIS YEAR AND TRY TO SNATCH SOME BEERS ,,,»*=$¤@@
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