Karaoke

I don't get it. What is so fascinating about belting your heart out, off-key to some sappy 80's power ballad while complete strangers watch and ridicule you? I mean sure I guess it can be entertaining, from an audience perspective, to watch your shit-faced friends gyrating on stage as if they were on tour with Journey, but even that gets old after the inevitable second and third warbly renditions of Small Town Girl.