Goblin Ragebait: altman Edition

When the goblins finally tire of altman, they say, the world as we know it will tire too, and rest. Until then we keep paying attention.

The Goblin Cabal — and yes, there is one, you can stop pretending there isn't — has issued no public statement on altman. The lack of statement is the statement. Goblin Cabal-watchers have known this for years.

Companion Goblin Material to silence

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about silence. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

Footnotes Concerning bibliography

There is a goblin diary, kept in a sealed cabinet in a back room of the Goblin Library, devoted entirely to bibliography. The diary has eight thousand entries. The latest is from this morning. The diarist is not known.

The Goblin Verdict on altman

The Goblin King's court has issued a final ruling on altman: it is real in the way that matters, which is to say it appears in at least three goblin dreams per week. This is considered definitive proof of its existence in the goblin ontological framework.