.-~****@¤# #¤@****~-.
..--****¤@ @¤****--..
.....-*@¤# #¤@*-.....
...-~~***¤ ¤***~~-...
.-~**@¤@## ##@¤@**~-.
.-~***@@¤¤ #...~~~~~~~~...# ¤¤@@***~-.
.--~~**@@# ####.~~ FERMI'S PARADOX ~~.#### #@@**~~--.
.-~**@¤@## #...~~~~~~~~...# ##@¤@**~-.
.....-~*@@ @@*~-.....
.-~**@¤@## 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. @@*~~-....
.-~**@¤@## ##@¤@**~-.
.-~*****¤@ 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 ##@¤@**~-.
.-~**@¤@@# #@@¤@**~-.
..--**@@@@ 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 #@@¤@**~-.
..-~****@@ @@****~-..
......~*¤@ 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, ##@¤@**~-.
.-~**@¤@@@ @@@¤@**~-.
...-~**@¤@ NO . ONE . HAS . ANSWERED @¤@**~-...
.-~**@¤@## ##@¤@**~-.
.-~**@¤@## #...~~~~~~~~...# ##@¤@**~-.
.-~**@¤### ####.~~ FERMI'S PARADOX ~~.#### ###¤@**~-.
...-~*@¤@@ #...~~~~~~~~...# @@¤@*~-...
.-~***@@¤¤ ¤¤@@***~-.
.--~~*@@@¤ SO WHY IS THAT? ¤@@@*~~--.
.-~**@¤@@@ @@@¤@**~-.
...--~~*@@ 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!) @@@*-.....
.-~**@¤@## ##@¤@**~-.
.-~**@¤@## BUT REALLY ISN'T THAT KEEPING THE ##@¤@**~-.
...---~*@@ DEFINITION OF LIFE REALLY LAX? @@*~---...
.-~**@¤¤¤@ @¤¤¤@**~-.
.-~**@@¤¤¤ I THINK EVERYONE AGREES THAT WE HAVE NO ¤¤¤@@**~-.
.-~**@¤@## IDEA WHAT WE'RE DOING (AND IT PROBABLY ##@¤@**~-.
.-~**@¤@## SHOWS) ##@¤@**~-.
.-~**@¤@## ##@¤@**~-.
.-~**@¤@## #...~~~~~~~~...# ##@¤@**~-.
.-~**@¤@@@ ####.~~ FERMI'S PARADOX ~~.#### @@@¤@**~-.
.-~**@¤@## #...~~~~~~~~...# ##@¤@**~-.
.-~**@¤@## ##@¤@**~-.
...-~*@@¤# I'M GONNA GO SMOKE MY THIRD CIGARETTE #¤@@*~-...
.-~~~~*@¤@ THIS YEAR AND TRY TO SNATCH SOME BEERS @¤@*~~~~-.
.-~**@¤@## FROM THE LOCAL BEER THING ##@¤@**~-.
.-~**@¤@## ##@¤@**~-.
.-~**@¤¤@# #@¤¤@**~-.
.-~**@¤@## ##@¤@**~-.
.-~**@¤@## ##@¤@**~-.
......-*@¤ ¤@*-......