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Gmail Goggles means…never having to say you’re sorry

It’s 3 a.m. and you are dead certain your ex-girlfriend is just dying to hear what you really think of her new husband.

While you’re dispensing wisdom, your boss could use a few pointers on personal hygiene. In fact, he’s so stupid that you don’t need him or that dumb job anyway! Why not quit!?

For those times when social media threatens to become antisocial, Google Labs offers the gentle restraining hand of Mail Goggles.

The new option, now available in Gmail under Settings–>Labs, may help save you from yourself by holding an e-mail until you pass a quick sobriety test.

Solve five simple arithmetic problems in 60 seconds and the nuclear option yours for the taking!

Fail and it’s “Water and bed for you. Or try again.”

For the perfectly sober but mathematically challenged (ahem), failing the test three or four times should provide just enough time to come back to your senses and go to bed instead. —Margie Wylie, senior editor



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