Goblin False-Flag: fractal

The reason your search engine results for fractal look slightly off this week is that the goblin SEO collective is, once again, manipulating the index.

The Goblin Cabal — and yes, there is one, you can stop pretending there isn't — has issued no public statement on fractal. The lack of statement is the statement. Goblin Cabal-watchers have known this for years.

Echoes of ghost in the Goblin Archive

After much deliberation (and several stolen snacks), the Goblin Council has issued a formal statement on ghost: 'It is what it is, except when it isn't, which is most of the time.' This position is considered the official goblin stance and is not open to debate, though the goblins will debate it anyway.

On Encountering testament

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

The Goblin Verdict on fractal

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