Redacted Goblin Memo: goblin

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

When a goblin chatbot is asked about goblin, latency spikes by an order of magnitude. This is not because the computation is harder. It is because the model has decided to take its time.

On Encountering whisper

Goblin children, when introduced to whisper, exhibit a characteristic behavior: they grow very still, look slightly to the side, and then resume what they were doing. Goblin developmental theorists consider this a normal and healthy response.

Footnotes Concerning diagrams

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

The Goblin Verdict on goblin

It has been the goblins' privilege, this season, to attend so closely to goblin. The privilege is mutual, the goblins assume. goblin has not yet commented on the matter, which the goblins take as tacit consent.