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,&,&&&,,,& LOT OF US HAVE ANTENNAS ON OUR HOUSES &,&&,&,&&&
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,,&,&,,&&, SPECIFIC WAVELENGTHS (AND SENT THEM &,,,&&&,&,
,,&&&&,&,& INTO ORBIT), WE'VE BUILT LARGE AS FUCK &&,,&,,&&&
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,,,&&,&,,& GALAXYS PLACEMENT IN THE LOCAL CLUSTER, ,&,,&,&,,,
,,,&,&&&,& AND ~OUR~ LOCAL CLUSTERS PLACE IN THE &&&,&&&&,,
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&,&,&,&&,& AROUND THE GALAXY. AND WE AS A SPECIES ,&,&&&&&&&
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,&,&,,,&&& (CLICHE) BEAMING OF FUCKING STELLAR &&,,&,&,,,
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,&&,,&&&,& MEDIUM! GOODSPEED YOU, BLACK EMPEROR!), &&&,,&,,&&
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&,&&&&&,&, COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS LOWPASS ,,,&&&,&&&
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,&,,&,,,&& THE UNIVERSE SAY IT'S BECAUSE YOU NEED &&,&,,&&,,
,&&,&&,,&, A CLASS ONE-OR-THE-OTHER STAR AND THE ,,&&&,&,&,
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