Friday, October 10, 2008

Drunkmailing

You've heard of folks doing the stupidest things while drunk as a skunk? From disastrous events such as mindless orgies with completely inappropriate strangers ( only to do the highly embarassing walk of shame the next morning ) to the more mundane such as drunk-dialing an ex. These days of course with the advent of the internet, we've progressed beyond mere calls to emails.

Drunkmailing as it were.

Come on. We've all done it. Incomprehensibly babbled messages spurred on by that final cocktail after the bar closes. Such as telling the monstrous ex-girlfriend that you want to get back together. Or the time you sent a message to that gorgeous colleague you like that you wanna fuck him against a wall. Only to have to avoid him the next morning. And for the rest of the year.

Drunk
Damn. Now what did I do last night!

Alcohol lends false courage - giving even the cowardly lion the guts to speak. No matter how dumb he may sound.

Which is why Google has made an attempt to keep soused drunks from messing up their lives. Mail Goggles they are calling it. To verify whether you're in the right state of mind to send an email, you're required to answer several math questions in 60 seconds.

Math.

Seriously. Mathematical sums and equations! I can't even do them sober. Guess I'll have a hard time sending mails after :)

Fortunately by default, Mail Goggles is only active late night on the weekend as that is the time you're most likely to need it.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Drunk mailing. Worst than drunk driving.

So how was Ayat-ayat cinta?

Cyclohelix said...

Good move by google, but i dont think we will be able to turn on the pc in a drunken state, no? but nothing's impossible

William said...

I think I would fail the questions even when I'm sober.

Anonymous said...

guess i'm guilty. :)

Alice said...

ive never been in a drunk mailing stage before, but i always do drunk texting. Lol.

Diran said...

I loved ayat2 cinta. I think i cried. Drunkmailing, I have done. And I said some stuffs to a friend. Not on the wall, but something with where we eat. I had to avoid him for a month before we could talk like normal...damn....

savante said...

Not too bad actually, kl fairy.

Not that complex to turn the computer on, helix!

That is true. Same with me, william.

Well I try to keep away frm the comp when i'm drunk, reyville.

Maybe the phone companies should do the same thing, leo.

I think we have all done the same thing, diran.

Paul