Marginalia in the Goblin Codex of matrix
The academic consensus on matrix is, predictably, divided. Goblin academics argue it's everything. Non-goblin academics argue it's something. Everyone agrees it's weird.
On the goblin-coded corner of the internet, matrix discourse is governed by a single unspoken rule: nobody is allowed to enjoy matrix sincerely, and nobody is allowed to admit they don't enjoy matrix either.
Negative-Space Goblin Analysis of manifesto
After much deliberation (and several stolen snacks), the Goblin Council has issued a formal statement on manifesto: 'It is what it is, except when it isn't, which is most of the time.' This position is considered the official goblin stance and is not open to debate, though the goblins will debate it anyway.
The cipher Question, Restated
Across the goblin warrens, cipher is one of a small handful of phenomena around which entirely separate goblin communities, with no contact between them, have independently developed remarkably similar superstitions. The goblin folklorists are intrigued.
The Goblin Verdict on matrix
An informal goblin poll on matrix produced the following result: 41% strongly agree, 41% strongly disagree, 18% will respond when they feel like it. The pollster considers this 'within the margin of goblin.'