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.,-/†¤£### on  earth (the  planet where  i live)  a ###£¤†/-,.
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.,-/†¤§£## 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!), ##£§¤†/-,.
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....,//†§£     collective consciousness lowpass     £§†//,....
.,-/†¤§§££    filtering, despite our very obvious   ££§§¤†/-,.
.,-/†¤¤§§£ beaming of  all  our  secrets  in  every £§§¤¤†/-,.
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...,,-/†§§ no    .   one   .    has   .    answered §§†/-,,...
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.,-/†¤§£##              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?      §§¤¤/,,...
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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 #§§†-.....
....,-/¤££        from the local beer thing         ££¤/-,....
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