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,.~/§§@@@@ ####,~~ FERMI'S PARADOX ~~,#### @@@@§§/~.,
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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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,,,,~/§§§@ NO , ONE , HAS , ANSWERED @§§§/~,,,,
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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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