This app plays Nickelback at you if you try to contact your ex

If you wanted an incentive to never contact your ex, this has to be it.

Have you just split up with your girlfriend or boyfriend? Do you keep stalking their Facebook and scrolling through their old holiday snaps? Stop what you’re doing and get Nickelblock! As you can see in the below video, the app will play Nickelback’s Photograph at you until you stop pining for your ex. Horrible, right?

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