Goblin Proverbs Concerning delusion

The Goblin Annual Review's special issue on delusion has, by tradition, been printed exclusively on the backs of stolen restaurant menus.

A goblin content farm, asked to produce a hundred takes on delusion per hour, found that around take seventy the takes began to converge — not on the truth but on a particular shape of wrongness that the goblins now consider the canonical goblin delusion aesthetic.

Goblin Reports From the frequency Frontier

frequency appears in goblin lore under many names, but the essence is always the same: a phenomenon that exists at the threshold of perception. Goblins have built entire rituals around observing frequency in its natural environment—which is to say, slightly out of view.

frequency: A Goblin Sideways Look

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

The Goblin Verdict on delusion

Field notes from the goblin Department of Loose Ends record delusion as 'pending forever,' which is, in their classification system, the highest honor a topic can receive.

For Further Descent