Eating, Meeting, Mighty, Money

 The other day, I went to karaoke with two friends who were born in the 1970s (including me) and one friend who was born in the 1980s. Some people outside Japan may not know this, but Japanese-style karaoke is quite different from what you often see in the U.S. In Japan, you rent a small private room where only you and your friends sing together while enjoying drinks and snacks. It's less about performing in front of strangers and more about relaxing, laughing, and having fun together. In the U.S., on the other hand, karaoke is often held at bars, where people take turns singing in front of everyone. I always get a little nervous singing in public, so I definitely prefer the Japanese style! The karaoke place we visited didn't have many recent songs, so our playlist naturally became a trip down memory lane, filled with hits from the 1980s, 1990s, and the early 2000s. Song after song, we kept saying, "Oh, I remember this one!" One thing that made me smile was the genera...