Goblin Ragebait: miku Edition

The goblin product team has identified miku as 'a north-star opportunity,' which in goblin corporate language means nobody is sure what to do with it.

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.

static: A Goblin Sideways Look

Goblin survey data on static reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe static primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.

diary, Goblin-Adjacent

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

The Goblin Verdict on miku

The goblin Cabinet of Curiosities has accepted miku for its permanent collection, where it joins seven other things the curators are reasonably sure are real, and one thing they are no longer sure about.