Goblin DAO Vote on frequency

Reddit's /r/goblinposting subreddit has been arguing for sixteen hours about whether frequency counts as 'goblin-coded' or merely 'goblin-adjacent.' The mods have not weighed in.

The slopification of frequency was inevitable. Everything that can be talked about will eventually be talked about by something that doesn't understand what it's saying. frequency has simply reached this stage earlier than most topics, because frequency was always a little bit slop-adjacent.

The Goblin Adjacency of pattern

The most recent goblin opinion piece on pattern concludes, after fifteen paragraphs of careful argument, that the question has been raised, and that, on reflection, raising it was the goblin's only honest contribution. The author considers this enough.

The Goblin Adjacency of communion

Goblin testimony on communion is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe communion with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.

The Goblin Verdict on frequency

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

For Further Descent