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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 ,,¤,,,,¤,,
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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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,,,¤¤,¤,,, 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!) ¤,,,¤,,,¤¤
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¤¤¤¤,¤¤¤¤, BUT REALLY ISN'T THAT KEEPING THE ¤,¤,¤,¤¤,,
,,,¤¤,,,¤, DEFINITION OF LIFE REALLY LAX? ¤¤¤¤¤¤,¤,¤
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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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,,,,¤¤¤¤,, THIS YEAR AND TRY TO SNATCH SOME BEERS ¤¤¤¤¤,¤¤,,
,,,¤,,,¤,, FROM THE LOCAL BEER THING ,,,,¤¤,¤,,
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