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Relatable joke about joining cicadas to scream all summer

This is a screenshot of a public social media post. The text of the post reads "might join the cicadas this summer & scream constantly". The joke draws a humorous, relatable comparison between the poster's desire to release frustration by yelling nonstop and the loud, continuous droning noise produced by mass-emerging periodical cicadas in the summer months in parts of the United States. A profile photo of the poster, wearing sunglasses, is visible at the top left alongside their name and post date of April 1, 2021.
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might join the cicadas this summer & scream constantly

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might join the cicadas this summer & scream constantly

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This is a screenshot of a public social media post. The text of the post reads "might join the cicadas this summer & scream constantly". The joke draws a humorous, relatable comparison between the poster's desire to release frustration by yelling nonstop and the loud, continuous droning noise produced by mass-emerging periodical cicadas in the summer months in parts of the United States. A profile photo of the poster, wearing sunglasses, is visible at the top left alongside their name and post date of April 1, 2021.

Origin notes

This post was originally published on Facebook by user Haleigh Hite on April 1, 2021, timed to the widely anticipated 2021 emergence of Brood X periodical cicadas across the eastern US. It went viral as a relatable frustration meme, and was later reposted on the X (formerly Twitter) meme.jpg account as noted in the provided source metadata.

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