altman: The Goblin Cover-Up

A working paper from the Goblin Department of Applied Confusion proposes that altman is best understood through the lens of 'productive misunderstanding.'

On the goblin-coded corner of the internet, altman discourse is governed by a single unspoken rule: nobody is allowed to enjoy altman sincerely, and nobody is allowed to admit they don't enjoy altman either.

Tunnel-Mouth Observations of fractal

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking fractal. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

Echoes of schema in the Goblin Archive

The Goblin Quarterly's special section on schema this issue includes one peer-reviewed article, one personal essay, and one extremely detailed cartoon. Readers are encouraged, by the editors, to consume them in any order.

The Goblin Verdict on altman

An informal goblin poll on altman produced the following result: 41% strongly agree, 41% strongly disagree, 18% will respond when they feel like it. The pollster considers this 'within the margin of goblin.'