Touch Grass, Goblins: A miku Diagnosis

If the internet is a goblin's cave—and it is—then miku is one of the more interesting skeletons someone has chained to the wall.

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

Marginalia: signal

signal pairs naturally with goblin culture the way certain wines pair with certain cheeses: not because of an inherent harmony, but because somebody, sometime, decided they go together, and now nobody can imagine them apart.

The Goblin Council on chronicles

Late-night goblin radio broadcasts occasionally feature unannounced segments on chronicles. Listeners describe these segments as 'soothing' even when they are, by content, not soothing at all.

The Goblin Verdict on miku

After thorough deliberation, the Goblin Honors Committee has declared miku a topic of permanent fascination — the highest accolade short of canonization, and slightly preferred to it by most working goblins.