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Late-night drunken emails are softly questioned by Google

October 14th 2008 21:59
Gmail beer googles late night
Google has no introduced a useful feature into their free Gmail accounts.

It's called "Mail Goggles" and it's a gentle suggestion that you don't send out emails late at night, after you've been drinking.


The service will ask you if you really want to send the message and present you with a series of simple math questions, hopefully delaying you long enough to let you think about the wisdom of quitting your job via an email that compares your boss to a defecating donkey.



It'll also hopefully stall you long enough so that, after you've come home from Friday drinks with the company accountants, you'll get too befuddled by math to send that email requesting a quote for a transsexual sex doll. With attachments.

The main culprit is sending emails to ex-boy/girlfriends, requesting another chance, or bragging about your newfound social life. These emails are saved by ex's all over the world, and are subsequently sent out, en masse, to friends and family. Trust me, you don't want to be the guy that sends out the email version of crying and begging, only to get it forwarded to you by the waitresses at TGIFriday's.




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Comment by Lady Henrietta Muddling

October 14th 2008 22:26
Love the beer ads.

Will Orble be introducing comment goggles?

Maybe a spelling test? What is the correct spelling of Anomanos?

Comment by Randy Inman

October 15th 2008 00:09
Man I could have used that a few weeks ago!

Comment by Cibbuano

October 15th 2008 00:14
Muddling, I'd love to see some comment goggles - my god, the spelling can get rough when comments are posted late at night...

Randy, put down the email! Leave your ex in peace!

Comment by Sara Dobson

October 15th 2008 00:26
Its a great idea. Its funny how you can feel so sure that your ex (or current crush) wants to hear from you in the middle of the night when you have had a few.

Comment by Deanna B

October 15th 2008 06:05
How does Google know if you're sending a regular late night email or a drunken one...spyware? I have a gmail account and send sober late night emails and this is the first I've heard of "Mail Goggles".
You've got me thinking back to my younger drunken days though,when I used to phone friends answering machines to leave them messages I would later regret. In my inebriated state...I don't think math questions would have kept me from making a complete and total fool of myself. Ofcourse...we'll never know!

Comment by Raoul Duke

October 15th 2008 07:08
I'm quite content with my Beer Goggles.
However I wouldn't mind trading in my Tequila Goggles for a pair of Rum Goggles.

Comment by Janet Collins

October 15th 2008 12:13
What a great idea. Not only for spelling mistakes but you could actually be sending the email to someone you are writing about!

Fun post.

Janet

Comment by Whitney

October 20th 2008 16:07
I think this is a pretty good idea, but what if you're just really good at math, and being drunk doesn't affect your math skills? I am one of those people... In this case this wouldn't prevent me from sending a drunk email.

I don't know. I heard about this a while back on the radio, but I wasn't sure when they were implementing it.

I believe in preventing drunk calls and texts, but I think this is a little much...

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