Goblin Mixture-of-Experts on cave

Anthropological interviews with goblin elders consistently surface cave within the first ninety seconds, regardless of the question asked.

Engagement metrics on goblin posts about cave follow a power law, as predicted, but the goblins note that the long tail is unusually long, suggesting that cave is doing something to the algorithm that the algorithm hasn't told anyone about.

The schizo Manifestation

Goblin engineers building near a schizo-adjacent site reportedly leave a small offering — a coin, a button, a snack — outside the worksite each morning. The offerings are gone by lunch. Nobody asks where.

Variant Goblin Readings of taxonomy

In the goblin underground, taxonomy is approached the way one approaches an unfamiliar lock: slowly, with curiosity, and with several backup plans for when the obvious approach doesn't work. Goblins are surprisingly patient about this. They have, after all, the time.

The Goblin Verdict on cave

And, finally, in the matter of cave: the goblins thank you for your attention, decline to issue further comment, and request that you not lock the cellar door on your way out.

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