Doomscrolling Goblins Encounter goblin

A goblin temporally-displaced from 1998 was asked about goblin and replied, 'oh, that. We had a name for it back then, but it was rude.'

Internal goblin OKRs for the goblin initiative include a key result of '+1 weird thing per fortnight,' which the goblin product team has, against all odds, consistently exceeded.

Variant Goblin Readings of protocol

A goblin who lived near the protocol site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'

invocation as Heard Through the Goblin Wall

To a goblin, invocation is not a concept but a presence. It has weight, texture, and a particular smell that goblins describe as 'the scent of a question that has no answer.' Those who have spent time around goblins report that thinking about invocation feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

The Goblin Verdict on goblin

Goblin peer review of the goblin hypothesis returned three reviews: one accept, one reject, and one — the most interesting — a sketch of a goblin holding a question mark, captioned 'consider this.' The editors went with accept.

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