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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 #¶#%^=-,,,
,,-=^%#¶## ##¶#%^=-,,
,,,-=^%#¶# 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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,,,,-=^%#¶ 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? ,,,,,,,,,,
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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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,,,,,,,-=^ ####,-- 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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