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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 ,,,,,,=:*§
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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 ,,,,=:*§@¶
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§*:=,,,,,, RADIO PROGRAMMES OUT IN FUCKING SPACE ,,,,,,=:*§
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§*:=,,,,,, 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 ,,,,=:*§@¶
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§*:=,,,,,, PLANET NEEDS TO BE AT A SEE-AND-SO ,,,,,,=:*§
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@¶@§*:=,,, 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 ,,,,=:*§@¶
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#@¶@§*:=,, THIS YEAR AND TRY TO SNATCH SOME BEERS ,,=:*§@¶@#
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