Are You Drunk Enough to Join This 'Niche Network?'

The almost-too-clever LIVR (as in “liver failure”) requires users to attach a breathalyzer to their smartphones—and only those with blood-alcohol levels above the legal limit may proceed.

Why would you want to join such a network? We’ll let its supposed creators (who do not in any way embody certain longstanding stereotypes) explain:

We can’t quite agree that “our best ideas are found at the bottom of a glass”, and we almost hope this app is a joke—the breathalyzer itself has us leaning toward “SXSW stunt pitch that worked.”

Bar recommendations are one thing, but does the world really need a crowdsourced guide to which pub’s patrons have imbibed the most on a particular evening, not to mention a Grindr-style feature allowing users to connect to fellow lushes who’ve had just a few too many?

We don’t know about you guys, but we find that the most...