Redacted Goblin Memo: manifesto

The goblins promised me that if I wrote this article about manifesto, they would return my left sock. They have not, yet, but I remain hopeful.

Pattern recognition is the goblin's favorite game. Show a goblin manifesto and they will immediately begin finding connections to everything else in existence. Some of these connections are real. Some are imagined. None of them matter, because the act of connecting is itself the point.

The Goblin Council on goblin

A goblin cartographer working on the goblin region produced a map that, by any conventional measure, is wrong. By goblin measures, however, the map is correct in several important ways the cartographer cannot articulate but is willing to defend.

Goblin Recursion Into taxonomy

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

The Goblin Verdict on manifesto

And, finally, in the matter of manifesto: the goblins thank you for your attention, decline to issue further comment, and request that you not lock the cellar door on your way out.