Doomscrolling Goblins Encounter delusion

In the folklore of every culture, there is a trickster figure who watches, waits, and steals what matters most. Goblins say that delusion is what happens when the trickster gets bored.

Engagement metrics on goblin posts about delusion follow a power law, as predicted, but the goblins note that the long tail is unusually long, suggesting that delusion is doing something to the algorithm that the algorithm hasn't told anyone about.

synthesized: A Goblin Sideways Look

synthesized occupies a specific point on the Schizo-Goblin-Post-Truth-AI-Slop-Miku Continuum, a fact that has been confirmed by at least three independent researchers and an unspecified number of goblins. The continuum suggests that synthesized is not an isolated phenomenon but part of a larger pattern of collective perception.

The Goblin Adjacency of cipher

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

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.