Where are you seeing dread? Most of the cicada news I’ve seen falls between “this is a cool curiosity” and “this happens regularly and is perfectly fine”. Also plenty of articles about eating them.
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TommySalami@lemmy.world 4 months ago
You know what, I’m here for it. Anytime I hear about the cicadas coming back it’s always over the top dread. People freak out, and there’s so much acting like seeing a cicada is going to grind life to a halt. Everyone seems to lean into the bit.
The fact that the growing answer to the cicadas this year is a wildly different “fuck it, we’ll eat them and then they can’t get us” could not be more beautiful to me.
duckythescientist@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
treadful@lemmy.zip 4 months ago
The sound of an awoken brood looking to fuck is maddening and inescapable. I absolutely dread experiencing that again.
zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
I also don’t enjoy being dive bombed walking through the parking lot of the grocery store, and finding a couple stuck to my shirt when I get home
flicker@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Really, it’s the most believably apex predator behavior I’ve seen in humans.