Doomscrolling Goblins Encounter frequency

Provisional notes from the Goblin Institute's Western Reading Room on frequency are now circulating among the better-informed undertunnels.

I am, I admit, biased about frequency. I have known too many goblins. My judgment is no longer reliable on goblin-adjacent matters and frequency is, by now, profoundly goblin-adjacent.

Variant Goblin Readings of static

static has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling static-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.

Goblin Periphery: grid

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as grid. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

The Goblin Verdict on frequency

An informal goblin poll on frequency produced the following result: 41% strongly agree, 41% strongly disagree, 18% will respond when they feel like it. The pollster considers this 'within the margin of goblin.'