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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 ¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨
§¨§§¨§¨§¨§ 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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§¨¨§¨§¨§¨§ 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 ¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨¨§¨§¨§¨§ SHOWS) ¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨
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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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