Subtitles section Play video Print subtitles I could do this all day. Like, give me a Sharpie. And, like, it's on. Oh, nice. I like signing my name. I don't know, I feel like the J is sexy. Because you could do so many things with it. And so many curves to it, which I think fits me. It's funny because I feel like we don't sign at all anymore. Signatures may soon disappear from people's daily lives. Major credit card companies will no longer require signatures for any purchases. I used to love to sign my name. Be all over a notebook at the end of like a school year. That was in middle school, when I was very excited about trying to figure out how to do a signature. Then in high school. I created another signature. You know, 16 years old, got my driver's license. So when I was, I guess in grade school. I remember trying to make a signature that I thought looked kind of like graffiti or a tag. Even though I had never, you know, spray-painted. Or done anything like that. I write my S's backwards. I've made like an @ sign, which is like a D and an A. And I make an M. And then I've got an arrow at the end that just kind of symbolizes that my life is on the upwards. And when I started actually signing like it was really me mimicking my mom's signature. And I still kind of kept this little curve in the signature — that's definitely from my mother. In Russian it's called 'roscherk', which is like kind of ending the signature with some sort of, like, ornament. Or maybe it's just a character of me taking a little more space than I require, I don't know. But my wife always rolls her eyes. I was always told that it was too involved. But I maintain that it's a necessary part of my style. So this one is called 'I'm in a rush to get out of this restaurant.' The few times a year that I'm actually writing checks. Then I actually do a connected signature. You know really you only need to have a signature for legally binding contracts at this point. And then I'm sure at one point that won't even be it. Because you know we can sign things electronically now. I would miss it. There's nothing more fabulous than having a conversation: 'Oh, yes, thank you.' That is just so fun. Like who doesn't —Who doesn't like it? Especially if it's a really good place.
A2 US TheNewYorkTimes signature sign signing kind require Is This the End of the Signature? | NYT 26573 820 HsiangLanLee posted on 2019/01/28 More Share Save Report Video vocabulary