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¨,~\=@@### LOT OF US HAVE ANTENNAS ON OUR HOUSES ###@@=\~,¨
¨¨,~\=@@## OR BALCONIES, WE HAVE BUILT LARGE ##@@=\~,¨¨
¨¨¨,~\=@@# ANTENNAS FOR LARGER BANDWITH, WE HAVE #@@=\~,¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨,~\=@@ INTO ORBIT), WE'VE BUILT LARGE AS FUCK @@=\~,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,~\=@@# ANTENNA ARRAYS #@@=\~,¨¨¨
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¨,~\=@@### DISH AS LARGE AS EARTH. ###@@=\~,¨
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¨¨¨,~\=@@# WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT OUR POSITION IN THE #@@=\~,¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨,~\=@@ GALAXYS PLACEMENT IN THE LOCAL CLUSTER, @@=\~,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,~\=@@# AND ~OUR~ LOCAL CLUSTERS PLACE IN THE #@@=\~,¨¨¨
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¨¨¨,~\=@@# VELOCITY AND THE SUNS MOVING AROUND THE #@@=\~,¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨,~\=@ THE GALAXY IS MOVING TOWARD ANDROMEDA @=\~,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,~\=@@ AND WE'RE BOTH MOVING ANTICLOCKWISE @@=\~,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,~\=@@# AROUND THE GALAXY. AND WE AS A SPECIES #@@=\~,¨¨¨
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¨¨,~\=@@## AND DESPITE ALL THIS, DESPITE ALL OUR ##@@=\~,¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨,~\=@ AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT (LIGHT IS OUR @=\~,¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨,~\=@@# DIRECTION KNOWN TO US, #@@=\~,¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨,~\=@@ 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 ##@@=\~,¨¨
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¨¨¨,~\=@@# #@@=\~,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,~\=@@ BUT REALLY ISN'T THAT KEEPING THE @@=\~,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,~\=@ DEFINITION OF LIFE REALLY LAX? @=\~,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,~\=@@ @@=\~,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,~\=@@# I THINK EVERYONE AGREES THAT WE HAVE NO #@@=\~,¨¨¨
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