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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 ###@£*\=,,
,,,,=*££## ##££*=,,,,
,,=\*£@### 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 ###@£*\=,,
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,,=\*£@### 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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,,,,==**£@ A CLASS ONE-OR-THE-OTHER STAR AND THE @£**==,,,,
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,,,,,,=*@# THIS YEAR AND TRY TO SNATCH SOME BEERS #@*=,,,,,,
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