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Gmail Adds Drunk Sitter Feature

It’s not April 1, so they must be serious. Google has introduced a new feature to Gmail called Mail Goggles, designed to prevent people from drinking and emailing.

Are you one of those gushing, drunk-dialing, type-how-you-really-feel boozers? After a few rounds, do you have a habit of sending embarrassing emails on Saturday night you wish you hadn’t? Did the boss get a piece of your cloudy mind? That new girl get a confession of eternal love, devotion and “booty magic”

Mail Goggles will act as a kind of digital sobriety test, should email be your medium of choice. The service is active by default only late at night on weekends, but once enabled it can be adjusted to be active when you’re “most likely to need” Mail Goggles to double check if you really want to send that email.

Gmail Adds Drunk Sitter Feature

But it doesn’t just ask if you’re sure–of course, you’re sure, dagnabbit, sure you’re sure, you’re sure (burp)–it gives you a series of simple math problems to solve. Not just 2+2, but stuff you’re drunken monkey of a mind has to kind of think about, like 69-38.

Um, negative 20, right?

And it doesn’t give one problem, but five. If you get them all right and you’re still sure you want to send that email to your wife telling her she looks more like her mother every day, then Gmail won’t stand in your way.

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Comment by Ravi Subscribed to comments via email
2008-10-07 12:10:21

This is good way.

 
Comment by Duck Kite Subscribed to comments via email
2008-10-07 13:20:17

I am displeased at the actions of Google, and am here and now decalring open war at Google.

Yar.

 
Comment by krantaliskru Subscribed to comments via email
2008-10-09 01:35:17

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Comment by YellowSEO Subscribed to comments via email
2008-11-19 10:48:45

If only they had this feature for my kids to be able to use email and the internet they be much better at math…

 
Comment by Handtasche Subscribed to comments via email
2008-11-27 16:02:26

I had to count last night. They want to prevent people regretting what they wrote :)

 
2008-12-02 09:33:36

I find it´s a very dumb idea of google. What the hell does it interest them if someone writes mails by drinking?

 
Comment by Unternehmenstheater
2008-12-03 05:10:02

I find it very funny in contrary to other people. And it certainly saves many people problems and stress!

 
Comment by Sonnenschutz
2008-12-04 10:48:57

On one hand this sounds very funny to me on the other hand it seems to be some strange.

 
Comment by LR Subscribed to comments via email
2008-12-05 09:41:22

I fin it goodd. My boyfriend canot write his bullshit anymore when he comes drunk home :)

 
Comment by Денис Subscribed to comments via email
2009-01-28 23:08:09

Данный пост на самом деле помог мне принять очень нужное для себя решение. За это автору отдельное спасибо! С нетерпением жду от Вас новых постов!

 
Comment by Даниил Subscribed to comments via email
2009-04-03 12:50:16

Прикольно и полезно, а будет еще что-то по этой теме?

 
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Comment by LR Subscribed to comments via email
2009-07-28 13:26:52

thanks for this info

 
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