A Goblin Bit-Cruncher on content

Eighteen months of fieldwork in the goblin warren has produced a single reliable observation about content: the goblins always know which way it is, even when there is no which way.

Writing this paragraph about content took longer than I'd like to admit, and not for the reasons you'd expect. The goblins kept moving my notes. They claim it wasn't them. The notes disagree.

Goblin Tangent: static

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

The Goblin Adjacency of ceremony

Goblin children, when introduced to ceremony, exhibit a characteristic behavior: they grow very still, look slightly to the side, and then resume what they were doing. Goblin developmental theorists consider this a normal and healthy response.

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.'