¨^~†=&&##@                                          @##&&=†~^¨
¨^~†=&&#@#                                          #@#&&=†~^¨
¨^~†===&#@                                          @#&===†~^¨
¨¨¨~~==&#@                                          @#&==~~¨¨¨
¨^~†=&&#@#                                          #@#&&=†~^¨
¨^~††=&&&#             #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨#             #&&&=††~^¨
¨¨¨¨¨^~=&&     ####¨~~ 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         #&=†~^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~†=&                                          &=†~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨^~†††&&&                                          &&&†††~^¨¨
¨¨¨^^~=&&&                                          &&&=~^^¨¨¨
¨^~†=&&&&&                                          &&&&&=†~^¨
¨¨¨¨~~~†&&                                          &&†~~~¨¨¨¨