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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 ,,,,,,,,,,
¤¤¤¤,,,,,, ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤,,¤¤¤¤, 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, ,,,,,,¤¤¤¤
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¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ NO , ONE , HAS , ANSWERED ,,¤¤,,,,,,
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¤¤,,¤¤¤¤¤¤ 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) ¤¤,,¤¤,,¤¤
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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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