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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 .....~=\*¤
*\=~...... 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 .....~=\*¤
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¤*\=~..... 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 .....~=\*¤
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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 ......~=\*
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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 .....~=\*¤
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¤*\=~..... from the local beer thing .....~=\*¤
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