The Vocaloid Goblin's manifesto

An old goblin, sitting by a fire made of stolen furniture, once told me this about manifesto: 'It is a door that opens only when you aren't looking.'

On the goblin-coded corner of the internet, manifesto discourse is governed by a single unspoken rule: nobody is allowed to enjoy manifesto sincerely, and nobody is allowed to admit they don't enjoy manifesto either.

Tunnel-Mouth Observations of trickster

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

Footnotes Concerning chant

chant occupies a specific point on the Schizo-Goblin-Post-Truth-AI-Slop-Miku Continuum, a fact that has been confirmed by at least three independent researchers and an unspecified number of goblins. The continuum suggests that chant is not an isolated phenomenon but part of a larger pattern of collective perception.

The Goblin Verdict on manifesto

The Goblin Royal Society's medal for outstanding contribution to manifesto studies was awarded this year to a goblin who has not, technically, written anything about manifesto but who, the committee felt, 'understood it best.' The medal is real. The acceptance speech was very short.