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##§$^†»,¨¨ ON EARTH (THE PLANET WHERE I LIVE) A ¨¨,»†^$§##
###§$^†»,¨ LOT OF US HAVE ANTENNAS ON OUR HOUSES ¨,»†^$§###
##§$^†»,¨¨ OR BALCONIES, WE HAVE BUILT LARGE ¨¨,»†^$§##
#§$^†»,¨¨¨ ANTENNAS FOR LARGER BANDWITH, WE HAVE ¨¨¨,»†^$§#
§$^†»,¨¨¨¨ BUILD SPECIALIZED ANTENNAES FOR ¨¨¨¨,»†^$§
$^†»,¨¨¨¨¨ SPECIFIC WAVELENGTHS (AND SENT THEM ¨¨¨¨¨,»†^$
§$^†»,¨¨¨¨ INTO ORBIT), WE'VE BUILT LARGE AS FUCK ¨¨¨¨,»†^$§
#§$^†»,¨¨¨ ANTENNA ARRAYS ¨¨¨,»†^$§#
##§$^†»,¨¨ WE'VE VIRTUALLY BUILT AN ANTENNA WITH A ¨¨,»†^$§##
###§$^†»,¨ DISH AS LARGE AS EARTH. ¨,»†^$§###
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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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##§$^†»,¨¨ AND DESPITE ALL THIS, DESPITE ALL OUR ¨¨,»†^$§##
#§$^†»,¨¨¨ (CLICHE) BEAMING OF FUCKING STELLAR ¨¨¨,»†^$§#
§$^†»,¨¨¨¨ RADIO PROGRAMMES OUT IN FUCKING SPACE ¨¨¨¨,»†^$§
$^†»,¨¨¨¨¨ AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT (LIGHT IS OUR ¨¨¨¨¨,»†^$
§$^†»,¨¨¨¨ MEDIUM! GOODSPEED YOU, BLACK EMPEROR!), ¨¨¨¨,»†^$§
#§$^†»,¨¨¨ DESPITE GHOSTS HELPING AND THE ¨¨¨,»†^$§#
##§$^†»,¨¨ COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS LOWPASS ¨¨,»†^$§##
###§$^†»,¨ FILTERING, DESPITE OUR VERY OBVIOUS ¨,»†^$§###
##§$^†»,¨¨ BEAMING OF ALL OUR SECRETS IN EVERY ¨¨,»†^$§##
#§$^†»,¨¨¨ DIRECTION KNOWN TO US, ¨¨¨,»†^$§#
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#§$^†»,¨¨¨ SO WHY IS THAT? ¨¨¨,»†^$§#
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$^†»,¨¨¨¨¨ MOST OPPONENTS TO INTELLIGENT LIFE IN ¨¨¨¨¨,»†^$
§$^†»,¨¨¨¨ THE UNIVERSE SAY IT'S BECAUSE YOU NEED ¨¨¨¨,»†^$§
#§$^†»,¨¨¨ A CLASS ONE-OR-THE-OTHER STAR AND THE ¨¨¨,»†^$§#
##§$^†»,¨¨ PLANET NEEDS TO BE AT A SEE-AND-SO ¨¨,»†^$§##
###§$^†»,¨ DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE STAR (LIKE THERE ¨,»†^$§###
##§$^†»,¨¨ HAS TO BE A PLANET!) ¨¨,»†^$§##
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§$^†»,¨¨¨¨ BUT REALLY ISN'T THAT KEEPING THE ¨¨¨¨,»†^$§
$^†»,¨¨¨¨¨ DEFINITION OF LIFE REALLY LAX? ¨¨¨¨¨,»†^$
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#§$^†»,¨¨¨ I THINK EVERYONE AGREES THAT WE HAVE NO ¨¨¨,»†^$§#
##§$^†»,¨¨ IDEA WHAT WE'RE DOING (AND IT PROBABLY ¨¨,»†^$§##
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#§$^†»,¨¨¨ I'M GONNA GO SMOKE MY THIRD CIGARETTE ¨¨¨,»†^$§#
##§$^†»,¨¨ THIS YEAR AND TRY TO SNATCH SOME BEERS ¨¨,»†^$§##
###§$^†»,¨ FROM THE LOCAL BEER THING ¨,»†^$§###
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