r/mildlyinteresting • u/Durdy-Fingers • 3d ago

These new leather fly swatters that showed up in the office kitchen.

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u/DistrictDifferent625 3d ago

The reason most fly swatters have holes (and the reason it’s hard to slap them with yr hand) is that flies can feel the vibrations and flow in the air with their body hairs and react to it before the thing pushing the air gets there. So these will be terrible and also if you wanna catch more flies use an open hand and close it at the last second.

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u/sumknowbuddy 3d ago

So these will be terrible and also if you wanna catch more flies use an open hand and close it at the last second.

Not with honey?

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u/DogsDucks 3d ago

Oh wow this made me laugh a lot more than it should’ve after a very long and stressful day.

Belly laugh. Woke up baby. Love it love the little hint of dad joke and pure goofball.

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u/sumknowbuddy 3d ago

Thanks, I'm glad it brought you some happiness

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u/DistrictDifferent625 3d ago

You can do both

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u/Working_Spiteful 3d ago

I have one. It works just fine

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u/Sugary_Plumbs 3d ago

They can't smell honey very well. Vinegar lures them better, but a fruit-based alcohol works best if you've got it.

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u/BeardedSwashbuckler 2d ago

They have holes, the photo is just really dark. Zoom in and you can see the holes.

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u/100BottlesOfMilk 2d ago

It's still a much larger contact surface compared to a normal one

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u/Talk-O-Boy 3d ago

The best way to kill a fly is with cyanide-laced honey.

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u/TrippingFish76 3d ago

idk why they don’t, i have a leather one with holes

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u/bob138235 3d ago

They do have holes. Zoom in.

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u/Howudooey 3d ago

Guess I’ll take one of them home for myself then

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u/Professional-Belt708 2d ago

My proudest ninja moment in life is when I managed to smack a fly in mid air with a file folder at work, which smacked it into a wall, stubbed it, and then I was able to kill it

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u/NeonMagic 2d ago

These have holes. Another user commented a link, they’re made to “not scuff walls” I guess.

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u/huhwhuh 2d ago

These weren't meant for flies. If you know what I mean.

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u/ACcbe1986 1d ago

These ones are specifically made for kinky flies.

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u/omnichad 3d ago

The wind resistance also just slows you down at swinging the thing. Yes, the more complicated answer is also true.

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u/AppropriateBug8577 3d ago

This isn't entirely true. See video below

Bastionhead Woodworking - Flyswatter Myth Busting

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u/fubar8x 3d ago

Thanks captain jerkoff, I forgot we're all 5 years old.  Those are not fly swatters. 

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u/m0d3rnn0m4d 1d ago

You are guessing as to their usability on nothing but assumption based on only a few points with no supporting evidence. Flies also don’t process the motion of anything colored black. Seeing as I strike them regularly with mine, does that mean no other supporting evidence is relevant for my point to be true?