,,~/†¤£@## ##@£¤†/~,,
,,~/†¤£¶¶¶ ¶¶¶£¤†/~,,
,,~/†¤£¶@@ @@¶£¤†/~,,
,,~/†¤¶@## ##@¶¤†/~,,
,,~/†¤£¶@# #@¶£¤†/~,,
,,~/††¤¤¤£ #,,,~~~~~~~~,,,# £¤¤¤††/~,,
,~/†¤£¶@## ####,~~ 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 #@¶£¤†/~,,
,,,,,,/¤£@ @£¤/,,,,,,
,,~/†¤£@## ##@£¤†/~,,
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