A Goblin's Context Window: crystal

A goblin temporally-displaced from 1998 was asked about crystal and replied, 'oh, that. We had a name for it back then, but it was rude.'

A goblin VC partner described crystal on the all-hands as 'category-defining, market-creating, and almost certainly fraudulent,' which in goblin investment parlance is a strong recommendation to write the check.

The delusion Manifestation

A goblin cartographer working on the delusion region produced a map that, by any conventional measure, is wrong. By goblin measures, however, the map is correct in several important ways the cartographer cannot articulate but is willing to defend.

The diary Manifestation

Late-night goblin radio broadcasts occasionally feature unannounced segments on diary. Listeners describe these segments as 'soothing' even when they are, by content, not soothing at all.

The Goblin Verdict on crystal

Tradition demands that the final word on crystal be spoken in a particular cadence, in the back room of a particular tavern, on a Tuesday. The Tuesday in question is this one. The words have been spoken. We are not at liberty to record them.