The brilliance over at Google never ceases to amaze us. Just when you think they’ve become this ginormous corporate behemoth no longer capable of identifying with the small guy, they introduce a new Labs feature to Gmail called Mail Goggles. It’s a simple tool that requires you to do basic math in order to send a late night email, just in case you’re a bit impaired and shouldn’t be sending messages via electronic mail.

The design is practically flawless, because the better you are at math, the less likely you have anyone to send an embarrassing email to. Never call your girlfriend a whore, tell some chick you want to make babies with her, or cross the line on homoerotic comedy over late night emails ever again.

All we ask is that Google adds a component that tells you what a douche you are once you fail the test. Something simple, along the lines of: “Wow. You’re a loser. Go to bed.”

[Source: Official Gmail Blog via Gawker]

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