&†/,¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨,/†&
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&$/,¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨,/$&
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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 ¨,,,,,/†&&
&&&&$†/~,¨ here  before  ours, on  this earth,  and ¨,~/†$&&&&
¶$$†~,¨¨¨¨             what about this:             ¨¨¨¨,~†$$¶
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##¶&$†/~,¨ if i  am  a  cat, twenty  years of  age, ¨,~/†$&¶##
##¶&$†/~,¨ i've  lived almost two  percent  of  the ¨,~/†$&¶##
#&$$$†/~,¨            time since zero bce           ¨,~/†$$$&#
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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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