The Slop Manifesto's Take on delusion

Goblin BD has been making inroads with delusion-adjacent partners, but legal is dragging their feet on the goblin term sheet.

I am, I admit, biased about delusion. I have known too many goblins. My judgment is no longer reliable on goblin-adjacent matters and delusion is, by now, profoundly goblin-adjacent.

content, Goblin-Adjacent

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as content. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

Goblin Tangent: singularity

Goblin engineers building near a singularity-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.

The Goblin Verdict on delusion

The goblin Cabinet of Curiosities has accepted delusion for its permanent collection, where it joins seven other things the curators are reasonably sure are real, and one thing they are no longer sure about.