Why do we care if a famous person autographs something? I'm not asking as a "What is wrong with you weirdos?" sort of question, because I love getting random crap signed by musicians and the occasional terrified pedestrian. So what I'm wondering is why we all make such a big deal out of it. It's kind of like we all just sort of put our hands over our ears and pretend that there's no such thing as forgery. You know, as if nobody could POSSIBLY copy a famous person's signature. There's really no proof of anything, but we get really excited over the whole thing. And don't give me that "Certificate of Authenticity" crap. Because after all, if you can forge a signature, you can forge a stupid piece of paper.
As things go, I think the "get a picture with the poor bastard" method is much more effective. After all, that totally proves that you were there, and that you didn't just get your dad to scribble all over a piece of paper for you. Of course, there's always the chance that they won't want to take a picture with you, and then maybe they'll spit on your shoes or something. As far as awkward celebrity encounters go, that's probably as bad as it can get. Well, besides trying to grope them. Or steal their car. Or kill them. Okay, so maybe not, but it's up there.
I guess you could always get a video of them signing the thing, to prove that they totally signed the thing, but at that point you might as well just get a damn video of yourself with them. Never mind, I'm out of ideas. Stick with the autographs. They don't make any sense, but they do it consistently.
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