If there is one thing I avoid like the plague in life, it’s regret. It’s the worst – you feel like shit and can’t stop thinking about it but there isn’t anything you could do about it. How terribly depressing. So this holiday season, if you or if you know someone who has a tendency to drunk dial, drunk post or drunk tweet then this free useful app from TDA Boulder and Webroot is definitely worth checking out.
Essentially, the mobile Holiday Party Sobriety Test apps takes you through a number of coordination and cognition tests on your smartphones or tabs (compatible with iOS 5 and Android devices). If your scores are low, the app will advise you to think twice before your next move and serve you up search results for a nearby cab company based on your phone’s geo-location capabilities.
If you are still tempted and want to post that tacky photo, you can turn to The Webroot Social Media Sobriety Test. Introduced last year, it is a browser plug-in that helps prevent “under-the-influence” posting on sites including Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube and Tumblr, as well as custom URLs (like blogs) and/or web-based email accounts such as Gmail or Hotmail. You can customize which sites you wish to block and at which hours of the day or night are the most personally vulnerable. For access to your social media outlets, you must pass one of a variety of randomly selected sobriety tests such as “drag your mouse in a straight line,” “type the alphabet backwards,” or “follow the finger.” Browser compatibility includes Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Safari.
“We’re working with Webroot to offer this as a humorous reminder to anyone who’s likely to enjoy beer, wine or spirits this holiday season but wants to avoid the over-sharing that can occur when he’s had one too many,” says Jonathan Schoenberg, Creative Director at TDA_Boulder, commenting about the Sobriety Tests. “It’s a whole new world with Androids, iPhones, Facebook and Twitter, as many have learned to their peril. The consequences of a stupid tweet or an ill-advised photo can be instantaneously spread around the globe. It’s our hope the Sobriety Tests will come to the aid of all who are in need of its protection. Because we know nothing good happens online after 1 am.”
So there you go. Skip the morning-after regret sessions. They are so unnecessary. Download the free apps at Webroot Sobriety Test.
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