,,.~\=%¤#@ @#¤%=\~.,,
,.~\=%¤#@# #@#¤%=\~.,
,,.~\=%¤#@ @#¤%=\~.,,
,,,.~\=%¤# #¤%=\~.,,,
,,.~\=%¤#@ @#¤%=\~.,,
,.~\=%¤#@# #,,,~~~~~~~~,,,# #@#¤%=\~.,
,,.~\=%¤#@ ####,~~ 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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