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¨:=/^*§### LOT OF US HAVE ANTENNAS ON OUR HOUSES ###§*^/=:¨
¨:=/^****# OR BALCONIES, WE HAVE BUILT LARGE #****^/=:¨
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¨:=/^*§### SPECIFIC WAVELENGTHS (AND SENT THEM ###§*^/=:¨
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¨:=/^*§### WE'VE VIRTUALLY BUILT AN ANTENNA WITH A ###§*^/=:¨
¨:=/^*#### DISH AS LARGE AS EARTH. ####*^/=:¨
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¨¨¨===^^^§ SOLAR SYSTEM, OUR SOLAR SYSTEMS §^^^===¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨==//*# PLACEMENT IN THE GALAXY, AND OUR #*//==¨¨¨¨
¨:=/^*#### GALAXYS PLACEMENT IN THE LOCAL CLUSTER, ####*^/=:¨
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¨:=/^*#### 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 §^====:¨¨¨
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¨:=/^*§### RADIO PROGRAMMES OUT IN FUCKING SPACE ###§*^/=:¨
¨¨¨¨==//*# AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT (LIGHT IS OUR #*//==¨¨¨¨
¨:=/^*§### MEDIUM! GOODSPEED YOU, BLACK EMPEROR!), ###§*^/=:¨
¨:=/^*§### DESPITE GHOSTS HELPING AND THE ###§*^/=:¨
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¨¨¨¨¨=/^§§ FILTERING, DESPITE OUR VERY OBVIOUS §§^/=¨¨¨¨¨
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¨:=/^*§### 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 ###§*^/=:¨
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¨:=/^*§### DEFINITION OF LIFE REALLY LAX? ###§*^/=:¨
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