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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 ¤¤¤¨¨¨¨¤¨¤
¤¤¤¨¤¤¤¤¤¨ 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) ¨¤¤¤¨¤¨¨¤¨
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¨¨¨¤¤¨¨¨¨¤ ####¨~~ FERMI'S PARADOX ~~¨#### ¤¤¤¨¤¨¤¤¨¤
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¨¤¤¤¤¨¨¤¨¤ ¨¤¨¨¨¤¤¨¨¤
¤¨¨¨¤¨¤¤¤¨ I'M GONNA GO SMOKE MY THIRD CIGARETTE ¤¤¨¨¤¨¤¨¤¤
¤¨¨¤¤¤¨¨¤¤ THIS YEAR AND TRY TO SNATCH SOME BEERS ¨¤¨¤¤¤¤¤¨¨
¤¨¤¨¨¤¨¤¨¤ FROM THE LOCAL BEER THING ¤¤¤¨¨¨¨¤¨¤
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