• Katana314@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    How do modern kids even develop a signature? They used to teach cursive and it’s based on that, but cursive isn’t used anymore

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      13 days ago

      Signatures aren’t as important as people think they are. You can sign with literally anything and no one will care. The only time it may come up is if there’s some kind of dispute and then someone asks you “is this your signature” and you say yes. Crisis over.

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        13 days ago

        there’s some kind of dispute and then someone asks you “is this your signature” and you say yes. Crisis over.

        “(…)by signing this document, you are also acknowledging that Apple may sew your mouth to the butthole of another iTunes user. Apple and its subsidiaries may also, if necessary, sew yet another person’s mouth onto your butthole, making you a being that shares one gastral tract.”

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        I mean it just needs to be unique. Otherwise what’s stopping someone else from pretending to be you (if they got control of some other credentials) or weaseling out of something you did in fact sign for.

        To quote Mr burns “you can’t all sign with an x”.

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      12 days ago

      Your signature is your mark. Uniquely identifying. It doesn’t need to be your name.

      I originally signed with name and last name plus a squiggle. I got tired of that and many years ago I changed it to my 4 letter first name barely legible. Way better more consistent than the variance writing my full name.

      Butnintinknwe aware saying the same. Cursive is illegible, so. A bunch of squiggles is good enough. Some people call it cursive.

      Note: other than nostalgia, I don’t understand why cursive. Barely legible even by the original writer.