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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 §§¨¨¨¨§§§¨
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§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨ 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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¨§§§¨¨§¨¨§ NO ¨ ONE ¨ HAS ¨ ANSWERED §§¨¨§¨§§¨¨
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§§¨¨¨§§§¨¨ #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨# ¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨
§§§¨¨§¨§§¨ ¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
§¨§§¨¨¨§§§ 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!) §¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨
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¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨ 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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§¨§§¨¨¨¨§§ I'M GONNA GO SMOKE MY THIRD CIGARETTE §¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨¨§¨ THIS YEAR AND TRY TO SNATCH SOME BEERS ¨§¨¨¨§¨§§¨
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