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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-~
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§/~-¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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¤*§/~-¨¨¨¨ 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!) ¨¨¨¨¨-~/§*
§/~-¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨-~/§
/~-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ BUT REALLY ISN'T THAT KEEPING THE ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-~/
~-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ DEFINITION OF LIFE REALLY LAX? ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-~
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ I THINK EVERYONE AGREES THAT WE HAVE NO ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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#@¶¤*§/~-¨ THIS YEAR AND TRY TO SNATCH SOME BEERS ¨-~/§*¤¶@#
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