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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.          @@#§†«««.,
,.«†%§#@##                                          ##@#§%†«.,
,,,,,.«†§@ 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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,.«†%§#@##      ####,«« Fermi'S Paradox ««,####     ##@#§%†«.,
,.«†%§§##@             #,,,««««««««,,,#             @##§§%†«.,
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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!)           ##@#§%†«.,
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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 ##@#§%†«.,
,.«†%§#@##                  Shows)                  ##@#§%†«.,
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,,,,«%%§##     ####,«« Fermi'S Paradox ««,####      ##§%%«,,,,
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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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