laugh then think, in that order

Check out the Ig Nobel Awards. About time someone recognized the creator of Karaoke:

PEACE
Daisuke Inoue of Hyogo, Japan, for inventing karaoke, thereby providing an entirely new way for people to learn to tolerate each other.
WHO ATTENDED THE IG NOBEL CEREMONY: Daisuke Inoue.

See, there is a grand purpose for karaoke. There really really is.