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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. ,:~**&####
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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? ,:~**&####
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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 ,:~**&####
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###&**~:,, BUT REALLY ISN'T THAT KEEPING THE ,,:~**&###
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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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