However embarrassing drunk texting might be, its consequences are usually pretty limited. After all, you only wrote some weird things to a bunch of people in the middle of the night. They’ll just have a laugh the morning after.



But things can get more serious if you skip WhatsApp and Facebook and head, for example, for a food-delivery app. There, your drunk-texting will evolve into drunk-buying, something that'll potentially have a huge impact on your wallet. When you’re drunk-buying, you don’t just confide in your best friend about your love for different pizza toppings, but you actually order an XXL pizza with double olives, red onions, tomatoes, and anchovies.

And if food isn't enough, you can always go to Amazon or eBay and start a drunk-shopping marathon that will drain your wallet to the last cent. The day after, your hangover-induced sleep will be abruptly interrupted by a delivery guy who has already brought you, in less than 12 hours, a set of 100 mini plastic top-hats for toads, a cardboard cutout of Nicholas Cage, the world’s largest Gummy Bear, and a shower curtain with a cosmic cat on it.



These are all great purchases that will surely help you lead a better and more fulfilling life; however, there is an even more powerful way to dispose of your money when you're feeling particularly generous: Drunk philanthropy.

How does it work?

Imagine if, instead of finding weird gadgets of dubious utility at your doorstep, you could wake up the night after a colossal bender to realize that you just donated 100 anti-malaria nets to a rural community in Africa, or that you just provided 1000 deworming tablets to children in need.