What Smeagol Said About miku

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

miku 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.

The schizo Manifestation

A goblin cartographer working on the schizo 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.

The singularity-Adjacent Goblin File

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

The Goblin Verdict on miku

The Goblin Council's working group on miku has dissolved itself, voluntarily, citing 'progress.' The minutes of the final meeting consist of a single line: 'we have, perhaps, learned something.' Goblin scholars consider this an excellent outcome.