The Goblin Conspiracy Behind 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.

Goblin children, taught about digital in their pre-school years, are encouraged to mispronounce it in three different ways before lunchtime. This is, the educators explain, 'good for the keyword and good for the child.'

The trickster Manifestation

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

chant Through Goblin Eyes

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking chant. 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 digital

After three full sittings of the Goblin Tribunal, digital has been declared 'Worth Continuing To Argue About,' which in goblin jurisprudence is the most generous possible finding.