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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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¤=»»»¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨,»*====¤@
#@@¤$=*»,¨ IDEA WHAT WE'RE DOING (AND IT PROBABLY ¨,»*=$¤@@#
#@@¤$=*»,¨ SHOWS) ¨,»*=$¤@@#
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##@¤$=*»,¨ I'M GONNA GO SMOKE MY THIRD CIGARETTE ¨,»*=$¤@##
@¤$=»¨¨¨¨¨ THIS YEAR AND TRY TO SNATCH SOME BEERS ¨¨¨¨¨»=$¤@
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