Here's why I dislike karaoke and generally avoid it:
The people at karaoke are always assholes, the music always sucks, and I always have to remain sober enough to drive myself home, and if for some reason, I am drunk enough to enjoy karaoke, I am also probably drunk enough to the point where I probably wouldn't mind chinese torture, another delight to come from the east.
The people who go to karaoke can be divided into three groups: the people who think they can sing. Consider the Steiners. They are always obnoxious, egomaniacal douchebags who are way overeager to show off their 5 octave range. They beatbox to themselves, and make that squinty "I'm trying to fellate the mic" face. They live for karaoke. They are even willing to do it sober.
The sadists, who, most often know they can't sing and want to torture you anyhow, while at the same time expressing their latent homosexuality. Look for the frat guys who write eachother's names in for Britney tunes and then, after 15 minutes of being all "fuck you! I'm not doing it!" they finally perfom, purposely off tune, and add some hot disco move, usually involving slapping their own asses, and they think they are HILARIOUS. And the audience usually loves them.
And then, there are the people who go there solely to heckle the singers. They usually can't even see straight. That would probably be me, if I were drunk enough to be there and content with the situation. There is nothing good about being so drunk that I am abusive. Trust me, it's not charming. It's not attractive on them, either.
The people at karaoke are always assholes, the music always sucks, and I always have to remain sober enough to drive myself home, and if for some reason, I am drunk enough to enjoy karaoke, I am also probably drunk enough to the point where I probably wouldn't mind chinese torture, another delight to come from the east.
The people who go to karaoke can be divided into three groups: the people who think they can sing. Consider the Steiners. They are always obnoxious, egomaniacal douchebags who are way overeager to show off their 5 octave range. They beatbox to themselves, and make that squinty "I'm trying to fellate the mic" face. They live for karaoke. They are even willing to do it sober.
The sadists, who, most often know they can't sing and want to torture you anyhow, while at the same time expressing their latent homosexuality. Look for the frat guys who write eachother's names in for Britney tunes and then, after 15 minutes of being all "fuck you! I'm not doing it!" they finally perfom, purposely off tune, and add some hot disco move, usually involving slapping their own asses, and they think they are HILARIOUS. And the audience usually loves them.
And then, there are the people who go there solely to heckle the singers. They usually can't even see straight. That would probably be me, if I were drunk enough to be there and content with the situation. There is nothing good about being so drunk that I am abusive. Trust me, it's not charming. It's not attractive on them, either.
Thanks, I'll go introduce myself now.
Haha there have been some great things from the east, just neither of the two you mentioned.
P.s thats really cool you live in Orono. I was just up there not to long ago.
I went up to indian island ( old town ) with some friends from windham.
^_^
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