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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 ,&&,,&,,,&
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,&,&&,,&,, 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 &,,,&,,,,,
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,,,,,,&,,, 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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