"I think people were just like 'The fuck? Trees aren't supposed to scream?'
Then eventually it was just when the Europeans got here and they were like what the hell is that noise, then natives were just like 'Oh yeah the trees scream in the summer. They do that'
And the Europeans were like '...Not buyin it..' Then they looked and found these little insect things
And the natives were just like "...the FUCK GRANDPA!"
And that's how people found cicadas."
I would assume it only took one major swarm for them to figure it out. If you've experienced one, you know that there's no doubt where the noise is coming from.
In all human history, the human race has never been so ignorant of nature that was in blind awe of every occurrence round about. Not, that is, until the internet was invented, and we all started spending our time staring at computer screens with only theoretical knowledge of the world about us, happier with a falsehood than with the comforts of the solid real world; much as moths die making love to a porch light bulb.
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Then eventually it was just when the Europeans got here and they were like what the hell is that noise, then natives were just like 'Oh yeah the trees scream in the summer. They do that'
And the Europeans were like '...Not buyin it..' Then they looked and found these little insect things
And the natives were just like "...the FUCK GRANDPA!"
And that's how people found cicadas."
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