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..........           the sick shit about            ..........
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..........              † our world †               ..........
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.......:«\ is that it's pretty young  as worlds go, \«:.......
......:«\¤ there  must  have  been countless worlds ¤\«:......
.....:«\¤§ here before  ours,  on  this  earth, and §¤\«:.....
....:«\¤§£             what about this:             £§¤\«:....
...:«\¤§£#                                          #£§¤\«:...
..:«\¤§£## if i  am  a  cat, twenty  years of  age, ##£§¤\«:..
.:«\¤§£### i've lived  almost  two  percent  of the ###£§¤\«:.
..:«\¤§£##           time since zero bce            ##£§¤\«:..
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....:«\¤§£ things  are recent. humanity is  recent. £§¤\«:....
.....:«\¤§ it was not,  geologically speaking, such §¤\«:.....
......:«\¤ a  very  long time since  they  invented ¤\«:......
.......:«\                 the wheel                \«:.......
........:«                   and                    «:........
.........: i like  the  wheel  just as  much as the :.........
.......... next person but what  about  the  earth? ..........
.......... the  original  marble.  the  loose   orb ..........
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