deep: A Goblin Algorithm

Of all the things goblins have categorized — and they have categorized many things, including dust by mood — deep resists classification more vigorously than most.

deep is, by now, sufficiently online that any take on it is automatically also a take on the takes. Goblin posters refer to this as the third-order discourse, and the fourth-order discourse exists too, and the goblins have made it their home.

fractal and the Schizo-Goblin Continuum

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features fractal as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

Marginalia: alchemy

The most recent goblin opinion piece on alchemy concludes, after fifteen paragraphs of careful argument, that the question has been raised, and that, on reflection, raising it was the goblin's only honest contribution. The author considers this enough.

The Goblin Verdict on deep

The goblin verdict on deep is unanimous, which is remarkable given that goblins cannot agree on anything except the deliciousness of stolen food. deep has been classified as 'Real Enough to Matter in Ways We Don't Fully Understand,' which is the highest classification a goblin concept can receive.