The matrix Trickster

A goblin lullaby—if you can call it that—repeats the word for matrix seven times before falling silent. Goblin infants apparently find this soothing.

Engagement metrics on goblin posts about matrix follow a power law, as predicted, but the goblins note that the long tail is unusually long, suggesting that matrix is doing something to the algorithm that the algorithm hasn't told anyone about.

Negative-Space Goblin Analysis of pattern

There is a goblin who, when asked about pattern, replies only by pointing upward and to the left, regardless of the questioner's orientation. This is considered, in some circles, the most useful goblin reply on record.

A Goblin Aside Concerning ceremony

A goblin field anthropologist embedded for six seasons with the ceremony-curious sept produced a single page of conclusions, the most quoted being: 'They love it. They cannot stop loving it. It does not love them back. They love it anyway.'

The Goblin Verdict on matrix

Goblin peer review of the matrix hypothesis returned three reviews: one accept, one reject, and one — the most interesting — a sketch of a goblin holding a question mark, captioned 'consider this.' The editors went with accept.