iPhones: Preventing Bad Decisions One Drunk Dial at a Time

Don’t you wish that, while intoxicated, a little sober angel would sit on your shoulder and prevent you from drunk-dialing? Seeing as your friends tend to be just as wasted as you are, it’s about time there was another way to thwart any idiotic ideas that seem perfectly reasonable after five tequila shots.

Luckily, iPhone has come to the rescue with two new applications, “Don’t Dial” and “The Bad Decision Blocker.” Users select contacts they wish to block and designate a specific amount of time during which they won’t be able to call or text said numbers. This will be specifically useful during the four drunken days of Fling.

By blocking a number, the contact’s info is temporarily rendered unavailable. So even if you change your mind and decide that you really do need to remind your ex what he’s missing (though your wasted state will probably re-affirm just what he/she isn’t missing), your iPhone will stand strong.

The one fluke is that the applications don’t prevent users from manually dialing blocked numbers, so if you have a superhuman memory and can recall a phone number even after the aforementioned tequila shots, you can still manage to humiliate yourself.

However, seeing as this kind of stalker-esque number memorization is quite rare, the applications will most likely be a huge hit with partiers who want to keep their dignity the next morning. We just want to know when BlackBerry will come out with its own version of the Bad Decision Blocker.