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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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..§.§§..§.              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 .§.§.§§..§
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