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**»~¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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¤@**»~¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨~»**
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###¤@**»~¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~»*
»~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ DIRECTION KNOWN TO US, ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~»
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨~»**
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨~»**@
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