'Drinking mirror' app allows users to see how drinking ages them
The "Drinking Mirror" application for smartphones might show your ugliest side.
This new application from the Scottish government reveals how drinking might affect aging. A picture can either be uploaded or taken through the application to see how "dropping a glass size" could improve a person's looks over ten years.
The image becomes distorted by the number of drinks consumed throughout a week, which mostly reveals weight gain in the face, red tints added to eyes and cheeks, as well as an unpleasant amount of wrinkles.
Despite unflattering results, the "Drinking Mirror" app is intended to inform people to cut back on excessive drinking, as part of the Scottish "Drop A Glass Size" initiative.
Wales sophomore Leah Sullivan is one of many who have yet to hear about this new application.
“I am not familiar with the drinking mirror, primarily because I am technology-challenged,” she said. “But the idea of it sounds interesting, refreshing and new. I would probably use it once but would probably delete it after a while. I think it would be fun to try it out.”
Due to the unsatisfying outcomes, many students do not believe that their faces will live up to these expectations. In particular, Troy freshman Caitlin Clough found it to be incredibly inaccurate.
“I feel like this is pretty extreme, and I don’t think people will stop drinking because they won't believe the results, and we live in a here and now generation,” Clough said.
The app is designed to raise awareness of the dangers of alcohol abuse and to show users the effects having too much to drink at parties or at social gatherings can have.
According to CNN, the app, while compatible with men, is designed for women, an anonymous Scottish government official said.
"In Scotland, we have a troubled relationship with alcohol," she said. "We're focusing on women to try a different approach"
