jknezek
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Dec 19, 2016
I think his larger point was that an autograph is an autograph. Its not a matter of opinion (as the PP tried to assert) what an autograph is. Either you are getting an autograph (by and actor or a baseball player) or you are getting a card with pre printed (not autographed) signatures.
The value of that to different people is different of course, but we do still live in a world where real things exist, and autograph is an autograph, a printed card is a printed card.
Well people can find joy in what they want. To me, having an Elvis autograph is cool. Having an Elvis impersonator sign "Elvis" on something isn't an autograph, it's just an oddity. And having an Elvis impersonator hand me a card that has an "Elvis" signature printed on it isn't quantitatively different. The act of pen to paper for fake name doesn't make for significance, and I guess my imagination is sated by just interacting withe the character. But lots of opinions make the world go round.