,,~=†%@### ###@%†=~,,
,,,,,,=†@@ @@†=,,,,,,
,,~=†%@### ###@%†=~,,
,,,,,,,=%@ @%=,,,,,,,
,,,,==††%# #%††==,,,,
,,,,,,,~†@ #,,,~~~~~~~~,,,# @†~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,=%@# ####,~~ 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 #@†††=,,,,
,,,,,,~=†@ @†=~,,,,,,
,,~=†%@@@# #@@@%†=~,,
,,~=†%@### ###@%†=~,,
,,~=†%@### ###@%†=~,,
,,~=†%@### ###@%†=~,,