Do cicadas annoy anyone else?

SYRFox · 12.16.2009, 07:01 AM

For real

these bastards have been annoying me for DECADES

phoenix · 12.16.2009, 07:09 AM

sorry, how long exactly?

SYRFox · 12.16.2009, 07:12 AM

1994-2007 so that's one decade plus three tenth of a decade. actually there is no cicada where i live now. but they still annoy me. silly bugs

verme (prevaricator) · 12.16.2009, 07:21 AM

well, not during the winter.

phoenix · 12.16.2009, 07:33 AM

i like cicadas. But they look kind of creepy, and are larger than bugs need be. There is a dead one on my window sill that got baked in the heat. He is magnificent.

verme (prevaricator) · 12.16.2009, 07:38 AM

you should eat it.

Satan · 12.16.2009, 07:42 AM

in the summer they are highly annoying

verme (prevaricator) · 12.16.2009, 07:45 AM

so much for getting laid. don't they have no dignity?

verme (prevaricator) · 12.16.2009, 07:54 AM

i actually enjoy the noise, i have to say.

A Thousand Threads · 12.16.2009, 08:02 AM

I have insectophobia.
Eradicate them all, i say.

_slavo_ · 12.16.2009, 08:26 AM

do you? i have a much more common arachnophobia

chrome noise tape · 12.16.2009, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by A Thousand Threads

I have insectophobia.
Eradicate them all, i say.

how can you do that ? there are nearly 10,000,000,000,000,000,000 (10 quintillion) insects in the world. even nuclear bombs can't erradicate them.

!@#$%! · 12.16.2009, 10:24 AM

i like them. they can get loud in places. great noise soundtrack.

demonrail666 · 12.16.2009, 10:51 AM

my mum lives in spain and the first time i saw one was when i visited her. As phoenix said, they're bigger than bugs need to be. unlike phoenix though, i really don't like them.

A Thousand Threads · 12.16.2009, 11:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by _slavo_

do you? i have a much more common arachnophobia

One time my girlfriend took me to this butterfly show at a tropical garden, and while i do think the wings are beautiful, the rest of their physical appearance is sickening. It was the horror.

Everything with more than 4 legs.....
not for me, thanks

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrome noise tape

how can you do that ? there are nearly 10,000,000,000,000,000,000 (10 quintillion) insects in the world. even nuclear bombs can't erradicate them.

Interested in working out a plan?
PM me if you want to join the task force.

wellcharge · 12.16.2009, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by _slavo_

do you? i have a much more common arachnophobia

you'll love what i found, the picture doesn't do it justice, biggest spider i ever saw outside of a pet store, this thing had facial expressions.....eyebrows,everything

gmku · 12.16.2009, 01:48 PM

Does it annoy anyone else that there are "does it annoy anyone else" threads?

Keeping It Simple · 12.16.2009, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by demonrail666

my mum lives in spain and the first time i saw one was when i visited her. As phoenix said, they're bigger than bugs need to be. unlike phoenix though, i really don't like them.

That chubby kid posing in the background of the photo you have as a sig reminds me of this Greek statue.

looking glass spectacle · 12.16.2009, 02:12 PM

cicadas run on a non-base 10 time system, though. so no decades....

Nearly all cicadas spend multiple years growing underground as juveniles, before emerging above ground for a short adult stage of several weeks to a few months. The seven periodical cicada species are so named because, in any one location, all of the members of the population are developmentally synchronized—they emerge as adults all at once in the same year. This periodicity is especially amazing because their life cycles are so extremely long—13 or 17 years (both prime numbers).

the next emergence in NJ will be in 2013.

gmku · 12.16.2009, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by looking glass spectacle

the next emergence in NJ will be in 2013.

So... would that be the 3rd year of the new decade? or the 4th?

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SYRFox invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Paris Posts: 7,492	1994-2007 so that's one decade plus three tenth of a decade. actually there is no cicada where i live now. but they still annoy me. silly bugs
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phoenix invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: the future where it's hot and dark Posts: 5,926	i like cicadas. But they look kind of creepy, and are larger than bugs need be. There is a dead one on my window sill that got baked in the heat. He is magnificent. __________________ tiny and lost.
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Satan invito al cielo Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: noo yawk Posts: 6,331	in the summer they are highly annoying __________________ "I love meth." - batreleaser
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A Thousand Threads expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,000	I have insectophobia. Eradicate them all, i say.
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!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,578	i like them. they can get loud in places. great noise soundtrack.
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demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	my mum lives in spain and the first time i saw one was when i visited her. As phoenix said, they're bigger than bugs need to be. unlike phoenix though, i really don't like them.
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looking glass spectacle 100% Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 591	cicadas run on a non-base 10 time system, though. so no decades.... Nearly all cicadas spend multiple years growing underground as juveniles, before emerging above ground for a short adult stage of several weeks to a few months. The seven periodical cicada species are so named because, in any one location, all of the members of the population are developmentally synchronized—they emerge as adults all at once in the same year. This periodicity is especially amazing because their life cycles are so extremely long—13 or 17 years (both prime numbers). the next emergence in NJ will be in 2013. __________________
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