,^=*$¤##@# #@##¤$*=^,
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,^=*$¤##@# #@##¤$*=^,
,^=*$¤##@# #@##¤$*=^,
,^=*$$¤##@ @##¤$$*=^,
,^=*$¤##@# #,,,========,,,# #@##¤$*=^,
,^=*$¤##@# ####,== Fermi'S Paradox ==,#### #@##¤$*=^,
,^=*$¤#### #,,,========,,,# ####¤$*=^,
,^=*$¤#### ####¤$*=^,
,^=*$¤##@# On Earth (The Planet Where I Live) A #@##¤$*=^,
,^====$¤¤# Lot Of Us Have Antennas On Our Houses #¤¤$====^,
,^*$¤##@## Or Balconies, We Have Built Large ##@##¤$*^,
,^=*$¤#### Antennas For Larger Bandwith, We Have ####¤$*=^,
,^=*$¤#### Build Specialized Antennaes For ####¤$*=^,
,,,,,^*¤#@ 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 #¤**^^,,,,
,,,,,==*$# Has To Be A Planet!) #$*==,,,,,
,^=*$¤##@# #@##¤$*=^,
,^=*$¤##@# But Really Isn'T That Keeping The #@##¤$*=^,
,^=*$¤##@# Definition Of Life Really Lax? #@##¤$*=^,
,^=*$¤¤¤¤# #¤¤¤¤$*=^,
,^=*$¤##@# I Think Everyone Agrees That We Have No #@##¤$*=^,
,^=*$¤#### Idea What We'Re Doing (And It Probably ####¤$*=^,
,^=*$¤###@ Shows) @###¤$*=^,
,^=*$¤#### ####¤$*=^,
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,^=*$¤##@# ####,== Fermi'S Paradox ==,#### #@##¤$*=^,
,^=*$¤###@ #,,,========,,,# @###¤$*=^,
,,^^**¤¤¤# #¤¤¤**^^,,
,^=*$¤##@# I'M Gonna Go Smoke My Third Cigarette #@##¤$*=^,
,^=***$¤¤# This Year And Try To Snatch Some Beers #¤¤$***=^,
,^=**$¤### From The Local Beer Thing ###¤$**=^,
,^=*$¤#### ####¤$*=^,
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