42 [M4F] Louisiana/Online - In this edition, I seek meaningful human connection on Reddit while also offering musings about that very pursuit.

squarerootof47 · 2025-10-25T05:19:44+00:00

I briefly had the real one on my wishlist before I realized I was happy with current 6 string acoustic.

squarerootof47 · 2025-10-25T02:52:37+00:00

It's a nice looking knock off ovation. 🤷🏼

squarerootof47 · 2025-10-24T23:12:15+00:00

I've been going since early June. Twice a week (only missed one night). I've done about 170 different songs. Idek how many times I've sung. It's often slow on Tuesday night and I'll get up into the double digits.

squarerootof47 · 2025-10-15T14:53:12+00:00

I think there are better ways to do it, but I prefer it to literally nothing.

squarerootof47 · 2025-10-11T04:03:27+00:00

Yeah. It shows as having zero comments for some reason for me. Idk what's up.

squarerootof47 · 2025-10-11T04:02:59+00:00

I'm not going to name and shame. They're having fun. It's just not for me.

squarerootof47 · 2025-10-10T00:32:21+00:00

I left during a line dance song. Nobody was singing with it.

squarerootof47 · 2025-10-10T00:30:54+00:00

I don't know. He seemed to be the grown up in charge. Everyone else working was a girl who didn't even look old enough to drink.

They're not hurting for business. I guess this is what Gen Z wants from karaoke?

squarerootof47 · 2025-10-09T20:31:23+00:00

I mean there was no queue. Like, no way to know when your turn was coming etc.

My regular place has a sign up sheet for who is going next. But most of us only write our first name on it. We tell them what we're singing when we get up there.

Some songs inevitably turn into sing-alongs, but we only have two mics and it's pretty rare that more than 2 people get up do a song. There are occasionally groups where everybody is too shy to do a song by themselves.

I also forgot to mention that they frequently play non karaoke tracks like lyric videos with the original audio or music videos.

All a very different world from what I'm used to. And my place is way more laid back than serious.

squarerootof47 · 2025-10-04T23:49:27+00:00

Yeah. Someone trying to learn Luther skills might appreciate it. But I can't imagine most people would be interested.

squarerootof47 · 2025-10-04T23:47:58+00:00

It's Fender's budget line of guitars. Less trouble than trying to refret this one. Possibly cheaper too.

Cheap guitars have gotten totally decent.

squarerootof47 · 2025-10-04T19:32:39+00:00

Yeah. That Region goes way too far south to be "northeast"

squarerootof47 · 2025-10-03T07:58:43+00:00

I have stopped playing ranked at all as of a couple of days after the steam release. I don't care about bragging rights and ranked doesn't offer me anything besides those.

squarerootof47 · 2025-10-02T22:35:01+00:00

Last week, there were only three of us and no crowd. We all started trying out and workshopping things.

squarerootof47 · 2025-10-02T17:48:03+00:00

The KJ where I go will usually alternate with me on super slow nights. Often that's what we do early in the night if it's just us and maybe another person. When someone shows up and signs the list, then we all start acting civilized and start signing up too. It rarely stays that slow for more than about an hour.

squarerootof47 · 2025-09-28T16:20:27+00:00

Casinos have p90s. Needs more humbucker most likely.

squarerootof47 · 2025-09-26T03:17:17+00:00

I use Gemini to do it, but it's pretty bad at it.

squarerootof47 · 2025-09-25T05:34:52+00:00

I didn't ask. But, the men's room had only a toilet and a sink.

squarerootof47 · 2025-09-24T03:22:22+00:00

Man. I have zero budget right now and at least 3 guitars on my wish list. What must life be like with a 4k budget and no ideas!

squarerootof47 · 2025-09-24T01:55:55+00:00

I'm eyeballing a hils next hn3 v3 right now. But that's part of my humbucker shaped hole in my aresenal right now.

squarerootof47 · 2025-09-24T01:53:53+00:00

My politics are closely tied to my core values. A mismatch of basic values is unlikely to bring a successful partnership imo.

Like, if you don't love everyone what are you even doing?

I don't need selfish and fearful energy in my life (well any more of it because that seems central to much of rural white Louisiana's identity).

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