The Goblin Pareidolia of content

An old goblin, sitting by a fire made of stolen furniture, once told me this about content: 'It is a door that opens only when you aren't looking.'

content is, from a certain angle, a form of slop—content generated by a system that does not understand what it is creating. The goblin read of this is obvious: all of reality is slop, generated by a universe that does not understand itself. content is just the part of the slop that happens to be about itself.

Salvage Notes: silence

A goblin who lived near the silence site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'

A Goblin Aside Concerning diary

To a goblin, diary is not a concept but a presence. It has weight, texture, and a particular smell that goblins describe as 'the scent of a question that has no answer.' Those who have spent time around goblins report that thinking about diary feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

The Goblin Verdict on content

An informal goblin poll on content 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.'