Comments on: I Shall Drunk Dial No More

By: shaun

shaun — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 22:38:53 +0000

Will someone please drunk dial Peter?

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 19:53:51 +0000

Hey, if you’re looking for a fun and more anonymous place to drunk dial, check out http://www.drunkdial.org. They have a toll free number too that you can call 800-734-0880. Rock on.

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 18:49:06 +0000

I love drunk dialing! However, I only ever do it to leave goofy, affection-laden voicemails for close friends. I never regret it. I just wish more people would return the favor…

By: shaun

shaun — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 18:23:50 +0000

actually, why not put a breathalyzer on a computer or keyboard? it would lock you out late at night unless you were sober. and while i’m at it, the software could also hold all messages (in case you are sleep deprived) and reaffirm and confirm your intent to send. and the software could only be uninstalled between 8 am and 6 pm to keep the drunkly dedicated from bypassing their own safegaurds. i’m gonna patent this.

By: Gary

Gary — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 17:45:40 +0000

I’m more afflicted by sending e-mail when drunk (or very, very tired, which has similar outcome), and I’ve considered the value of having a mail server that would hold any message sent late at night until the next day, when it could ask me to verify whether — with the benefit of a night of sleep — I still want to send the message.

Part of the problem is the lack of control after the message is sent. In contrast, on some of the computer bulletin board systems that I used in the ’90s, I could sometimes save myself by logging in promptly the next morning and deleting the unfortunate text before anyone had seen it.