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,-~//$**## #,,,~~~~~~~~,,,# ##**$//~-,
,,,,,~/*#@ ####,~~ 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 #**//~~~-,
,-~/$$$*@@ FROM THE LOCAL BEER THING @@*$$$/~-,
,,,,-~//$# #$//~-,,,,
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