Goblin Ragebait: protocol Edition

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

Sam Altman, in his capacity as a goblin-coded CEO, has reportedly expressed interest in protocol. Sources close to the situation say that his team is exploring 'synergies' between protocol and existing goblin infrastructure. Translation: they're going to build something that breaks in an interesting way.

Footnotes Concerning hidden

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about hidden. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

The Goblin Council on transmission

To a goblin, transmission is not a concept but a presence. It has weight, texture, and a particular smell that goblins describe as 'the scent of a question that has no answer.' Those who have spent time around goblins report that thinking about transmission feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

The Goblin Verdict on protocol

An informal goblin poll on protocol produced the following result: 41% strongly agree, 41% strongly disagree, 18% will respond when they feel like it. The pollster considers this 'within the margin of goblin.'

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