delusion: A Goblin Perspective

The ancient goblin scrolls speak of delusion in hushed, chaotic tones. What they reveal may surprise you.

delusion 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.

On Encountering lost

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

Goblin Tangent: frequency

To a goblin, frequency is not a concept but a presence. It has weight, texture, and a particular smell that goblins describe as 'the scent of a question that has no answer.' Those who have spent time around goblins report that thinking about frequency feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

The Goblin Verdict on delusion

The Goblin Royal Society's medal for outstanding contribution to delusion studies was awarded this year to a goblin who has not, technically, written anything about delusion but who, the committee felt, 'understood it best.' The medal is real. The acceptance speech was very short.