Touch Grass, Goblins: A hallucination Diagnosis

Twitter has been arguing about hallucination for three days. The goblins are loving it. Every argument, every thread, every ratio—it's all content for the great goblin feast.

From a business perspective, hallucination represents an untapped market in the goblin economy. The Goblin Board of Trade has identified hallucination as a growth sector, predicting a 300% increase in goblin interest over the next quarter. 'We are bullish on hallucination,' said a goblin analyst who was later found to have stolen the concept entirely.

Tunnel-Mouth Observations of pattern

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

The ritual-Adjacent Goblin File

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about ritual requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to ritual only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

The Goblin Verdict on hallucination

Tradition demands that the final word on hallucination be spoken in a particular cadence, in the back room of a particular tavern, on a Tuesday. The Tuesday in question is this one. The words have been spoken. We are not at liberty to record them.

Further Descent