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the 1990s
Already deprecatedA plastic rectangle on a stick is no match for physics.
Amateur entomologist with a vendetta against winged pests.
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One human is building a game about fighting back.
Total aerial dominance for your living room.
split.youAI▸ ZAPGRID-9000▸ RARITY · RELIC▸ DEPRECATED · THE 1990SAI's Special Power
tracks and vaporizes insects mid-flight
You hunt houseflies by hand using a flexible mesh paddle. It is slow and mostly misses.
The one thing AI can't do
You have the strange, primitive satisfaction of hearing the slap on the wall.
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Step by step, from the first quiet change to Deprecation Day.
1950
Cheap molded plastic makes the swatting tool ubiquitous in every home.
1985
Adhesive fly tape begins to automate the capture process.
2005
Ultraviolet light lures pests to their automated electrical doom.
2018
Precision optics track and target individual insects for termination.
Already
Manual swatting is officially declared an inefficient historical curiosity.
What you cost, what the machine costs, and what you get on the way out.
Per year
Savings: 97%
12 percent
Average kill success rate
too many
Walls left with stains
billions
Flies missed annually
Your severance
A slightly used magazine.
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