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........~= #...~~~~~~~~...# =~........
.......~== ####.~~ 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 @*==~.....
....~==*@# #@*==~....
...~==*@## ##@*==~...
..~==*@### ###@*==~..
.~==*@#### ####@*==~.
..~==*@### ###@*==~..