hallucination as Sacred Goblin Slop

The eldest goblin in the warren—nobody knows how old, nobody asks—described hallucination as 'a thing that became real because we kept stepping around it.'

Old goblin recordings of hallucination — taped on stolen equipment, in caves with imperfect acoustics — sound, today, like a future that briefly seemed plausible and then turned away. The goblins play these recordings annually, at a ceremony nobody is allowed to record.

The Goblin Adjacency of gpt

The goblin etiquette guide, on the matter of gpt, advises hosts to 'mention it once, in passing, without lingering.' Departing guests should not be asked their thoughts on it. This is considered firm.

The Goblin Counter-Reading of prayer

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

The Goblin Verdict on hallucination

The Goblin Concord of Modest Opinions has signed off on hallucination with the following endorsement: 'about right, mostly, for now.' This is the goblin equivalent of a standing ovation.