Never one for moderation, my nights of booze fueled depravity usually find me pressing the limits of my tolerance until I reach an Anna Nicole-Smith level of incoherence. It’s these times, right before I slip into my Joosed-Up slumber, that browsing my Gmail account seems like the best idea ever (obviously, it isn’t). Yes, I’ve sent more drunk emails than I care to recall, but luckily Google Labs has launched a new Gmail feature, Mail Goggles, that’s designed to prevent us from making those midnight mistakes.
When Mail Goggles is enabled and you’re at your computer hammering out your latest angry, mildly unintelligible tirade this is the screen you’ll see when you try to push send:
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-Corey
To ensure that you reallyyyy wanna send that email calling your boyfriend a selfish asshole, you’ll have to do some simple math first. Fuck, math is hard enough for me sober so I suspect this will work just fine. Here is what Google has to say:
Gmail can’t always prevent you from sending messages you might later regret, but today we’re launching a new Labs feature I wrote called Mail Goggles which may help. When you enable Mail Goggles, it will check that you’re really sure you want to send that late night Friday email. And what better way to check than by making you solve a few simple math problems after you click send to verify you’re in the right state of mind?
Thank you Google, you really are doing the lords work.
Corey
Katie
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November 22, 2008 at 6:33 am
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