For those who wonder what all the fuss is about re: the coming cicadas

[Warpy]

5. I didn't like them indoors

just like I hate having a cricket indoors. I tend to evict them ASAP.

I don't mind either sound coming from outdoors. In fact, one of my nicest memories was in my teens, walking down a dirt path between a couple of fields in rural NC on a full moon night, listening to them sing.

I'd already learned they weren't destructive, they just emerged to scream for sex, mate, lay eggs, and die, giving the birds a huge banquet at the same time.