Hypnagogic Goblin Visions of delusion

The goblins maintain a running list of things delusion is not. The list has 6,012 entries and grows weekly.

Consider: if an AI were asked to generate an explanation of delusion, it would produce something that sounds correct but may not be. This is identical to what a goblin would produce. The difference? The goblin knows it might be wrong and doesn't care. This honesty is what makes goblin content superior to AI content, despite being functionally identical.

Marginalia: echo

echo pairs naturally with goblin culture the way certain wines pair with certain cheeses: not because of an inherent harmony, but because somebody, sometime, decided they go together, and now nobody can imagine them apart.

frequency Through Goblin Eyes

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking frequency. 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 Verdict on delusion

The goblin record-keeper, asked to file the final findings on delusion, looked at the page, looked at the inkwell, looked at us, and very slowly wrote down a different word. The substitution stands.