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§§=*»,¨¨¨¨ LOT OF US HAVE ANTENNAS ON OUR HOUSES ¨¨¨¨,»*=§§
§=*»,¨¨¨¨¨ OR BALCONIES, WE HAVE BUILT LARGE ¨¨¨¨¨,»*=§
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*»,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ BUILD SPECIALIZED ANTENNAES FOR ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,»*
»,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ SPECIFIC WAVELENGTHS (AND SENT THEM ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,»
,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ INTO ORBIT), WE'VE BUILT LARGE AS FUCK ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
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§§=*»,¨¨¨¨ WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT OUR POSITION IN THE ¨¨¨¨,»*=§§
£§§=*»,¨¨¨ SOLAR SYSTEM, OUR SOLAR SYSTEMS ¨¨¨,»*=§§£
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##£§§=*»,¨ GALAXYS PLACEMENT IN THE LOCAL CLUSTER, ¨,»*=§§£##
#£§§=*»,¨¨ AND »OUR» LOCAL CLUSTERS PLACE IN THE ¨¨,»*=§§£#
£§§=*»,¨¨¨ GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS ¨¨¨,»*=§§£
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*»,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ CENTER OF THE GALAXY AT VELOCITY AND ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,»*
»,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ THE GALAXY IS MOVING TOWARD ANDROMEDA ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,»
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»,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨,»*=§§£
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#£§§=*»,¨¨ DESPITE GHOSTS HELPING AND THE ¨¨,»*=§§£#
£§§=*»,¨¨¨ COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS LOWPASS ¨¨¨,»*=§§£
§§=*»,¨¨¨¨ FILTERING, DESPITE OUR VERY OBVIOUS ¨¨¨¨,»*=§§
§=*»,¨¨¨¨¨ BEAMING OF ALL OUR SECRETS IN EVERY ¨¨¨¨¨,»*=§
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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? ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,»
,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
»,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ I THINK EVERYONE AGREES THAT WE HAVE NO ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,»
*»,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ IDEA WHAT WE'RE DOING (AND IT PROBABLY ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,»*
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£§§=*»,¨¨¨ THIS YEAR AND TRY TO SNATCH SOME BEERS ¨¨¨,»*=§§£
§§=*»,¨¨¨¨ FROM THE LOCAL BEER THING ¨¨¨¨,»*=§§
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