Goblin False-Flag: matrix

The Goblin Annual Review's special issue on matrix has, by tradition, been printed exclusively on the backs of stolen restaurant menus.

matrix is, by now, sufficiently online that any take on it is automatically also a take on the takes. Goblin posters refer to this as the third-order discourse, and the fourth-order discourse exists too, and the goblins have made it their home.

Goblin Tangent: delusion

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

The Goblin Adjacency of court

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

The Goblin Verdict on matrix

Field notes from the goblin Department of Loose Ends record matrix as 'pending forever,' which is, in their classification system, the highest honor a topic can receive.