,,,,:=/*¤¤ ¤¤*/=:,,,,
,:=/*¤£@## ##@£¤*/=:,
,:====*¤£@ @£¤*====:,
,:=/*$¤@## ##@¤$*/=:,
,:=/*$¤£@# #@£¤$*/=:,
,:=/**$$¤£ #,,,========,,,# £¤$$**/=:,
,:=/*$¤£££ ####,== fermi's paradox ==,#### £££¤$*/=:,
,,,==**¤¤£ #,,,========,,,# £¤¤**==,,,
,:=/*$¤£@# #@£¤$*/=:,
,:=/*$¤£## on earth (the planet where i live) a ##£¤$*/=:,
,:=/*$¤£@# lot of us have antennas on our houses #@£¤$*/=:,
,:=/*$¤£@# or balconies, we have built large #@£¤$*/=:,
,,,=/**$¤£ antennas for larger bandwith, we have £¤$**/=,,,
,:=/*$¤£## build specialized antennaes for ##£¤$*/=:,
,:=/*$¤£@# specific wavelengths (and sent them #@£¤$*/=:,
,:=/*$¤£@@ into orbit), we've built large as fuck @@£¤$*/=:,
,:=/*$¤£@# antenna arrays #@£¤$*/=:,
,:=/*$¤£@# we've virtually built an antenna with a #@£¤$*/=:,
,:=/*$¤£@@ dish as large as earth. @@£¤$*/=:,
,:=/*¤£@## ##@£¤*/=:,
:=/*$¤£@## we've learned about our position in the ##@£¤$*/=:
,:=/*$¤£@# solar system, our solar systems #@£¤$*/=:,
,,,,,,=*$¤ placement in the galaxy, and our ¤$*=,,,,,,
,:=/*$¤£@# galaxys placement in the local cluster, #@£¤$*/=:,
,,,:=/*¤¤£ 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) ##@£¤*/=:,
,:=/*$¤£@# #@£¤$*/=:,
,,,,,::/$£ #,,,========,,,# £$/::,,,,,
,:=/*$¤£@# ####,== fermi's paradox ==,#### #@£¤$*/=:,
,:=/*$$$¤£ #,,,========,,,# £¤$$$*/=:,
,,:::=/**¤ ¤**/=:::,,
:=/*$¤£@## i'm gonna go smoke my third cigarette ##@£¤$*/=:
,:=/*$¤£@# this year and try to snatch some beers #@£¤$*/=:,
,:=/*$¤£@# from the local beer thing #@£¤$*/=:,
,:=/*$¤£## ##£¤$*/=:,
,,,,,:=*¤¤ ¤¤*=:,,,,,
,:===*$$¤£ £¤$$*===:,
,,,:://*$¤ ¤$*//::,,,
,:=/*$¤£@# #@£¤$*/=:,