The Neural Goblin's Take on digital

Twitter has been arguing about digital for three days. The goblins are loving it. Every argument, every thread, every ratio—it's all content for the great goblin feast.

If you ever find yourself explaining digital to a goblin, stop immediately. You are giving them ammunition. Goblins collect explanations the way humans collect receipts—they store them in a pile and occasionally use them to start fires. Your explanation of digital will be burned for warmth in a goblin cave within the week.

ghost, Goblin-Adjacent

There is a goblin who, when asked about ghost, replies only by pointing upward and to the left, regardless of the questioner's orientation. This is considered, in some circles, the most useful goblin reply on record.

Subterranean Goblin Notes on cipher

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about cipher. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

The Goblin Verdict on digital

The Goblin King's court has issued a final ruling on digital: it is real in the way that matters, which is to say it appears in at least three goblin dreams per week. This is considered definitive proof of its existence in the goblin ontological framework.