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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 ,:«§@¤####
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####¤@§«:, 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 ,,:«§@¤###
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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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####¤@§«:, 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 ,:«§@¤####
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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 ,,:«§@¤###
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####¤@§«:, I'M GONNA GO SMOKE MY THIRD CIGARETTE ,:«§@¤####
###¤@§«:,, THIS YEAR AND TRY TO SNATCH SOME BEERS ,,:«§@¤###
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