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%*«:,,,,,, 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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#£¤%*«:,,, ,,,:«*%¤£#
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¤%*«:,,,,, 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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##£¤%*«:,, i think everyone agrees that we have no ,,:«*%¤£##
#£¤%*«:,,, idea what we're doing (and it probably ,,,:«*%¤£#
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#£¤%*«:,,, this year and try to snatch some beers ,,,:«*%¤£#
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