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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.          ##£¤*=†«~,
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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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,,,~«†††=¤ no   ,   one    ,    has   ,    answered ¤=†††«~,,,
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,~«†=*¤££#             #,,,««««««««,,,#             #££¤*=†«~,
,,,,~†***¤     ####,«« fermi's paradox ««,####      ¤***†~,,,,
,~«†††===¤             #,,,««««««««,,,#             ¤===†††«~,
,~«†=*¤£##                                          ##£¤*=†«~,
,~«†=*¤¤¤£             so why is that?              £¤¤¤*=†«~,
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,,,,~««†*¤ 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!)           ##£¤*=†«~,
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,~«=*¤£### 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)                  ##£¤*=†«~,
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,~«†=*¤£##             #,,,««««««««,,,#             ##£¤*=†«~,
,~«†=*¤£##     ####,«« fermi's paradox ««,####      ##£¤*=†«~,
,~«†=*¤£##             #,,,««««««««,,,#             ##£¤*=†«~,
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,~«†=*¤£## 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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