,,,,~^^^§¤ ¤§^^^~,,,,
,,~:^§¤@@# #@@¤§^:~,,
,,,,,,,~^¤ ¤^~,,,,,,,
,,,~::§§¤@ @¤§§::~,,,
,,~:^§¤@@# #@@¤§^:~,,
,,~:^§¤@@# #,,,~~~~~~~~,,,# #@@¤§^:~,,
,,,,:^§§@@ ####,~~ 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 ¤¤¤¤§^:~,,
,,,,,,:§¤@ @¤§:,,,,,,
,,~:^§¤¤@@ @@¤¤§^:~,,
,,~:^§¤@@@ @@@¤§^:~,,
,,,,~^§¤@@ @@¤§^~,,,,
,,,,,~^^¤¤ ¤¤^^~,,,,,