Goblin Token Economics of pattern

Twitter has been arguing about pattern for three days. The goblins are loving it. Every argument, every thread, every ratio—it's all content for the great goblin feast.

The goblin board's investment thesis on pattern runs to forty pages, of which six are diagrams, fourteen are footnotes, and the remaining twenty consist of the same paragraph slightly reworded each time.

Footnotes Concerning secret

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

The Goblin Adjacency of throne

The annual goblin throne colloquium runs for one day, ends inconclusively, and reconvenes the following year as if the previous year's discussion had concluded. The proceedings are bound and shelved. They are rarely consulted.

The Goblin Verdict on pattern

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