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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. ,,,,,&,,,,
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,,&,,,,,,& 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 ,&,,,&,&&,
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&,,&,,,,,, 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? ,,,,&&&,,&
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,&,,,,&,,& 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 &&,,,&,,,,
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,,&,&&,,&, BUT REALLY ISN'T THAT KEEPING THE ,,&&&,,,&,
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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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,,&,&&,,,& 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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