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&,&&&&,&,, #,,,««««««««,,,# &,&,,,&&&,
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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 ,&&,,&,,,,
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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 ,&,&&&&,&&
,&&&,&&&&& &&&,,,&&,&
&,,&&,,,,& 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? &&,&,&&,,,
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&&&,,&&&,, i think everyone agrees that we have no &,,,&&&,&&
,,&,&,,&,& idea what we're doing (and it probably &,,&,,&&,,
,&&&&,&&&& shows) &,&&,&,&,,
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&&,,,&&&,, #,,,««««««««,,,# &&&,,&,,&&
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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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