,,,,,-\¤@# #@¤\-,,,,,
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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) ###@§=\~-,
,-~~~\\¤§§ §§¤\\~~~-,
,-~\=¤§@## #,,,~~~~~~~~,,,# ##@§¤=\~-,
,-~\=¤§@## ####,~~ 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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,,,-~=¤§§§ §§§¤=~-,,,