Warhammer Night-Goblin Codex Entry on protocol

A sufficiently large goblin language model, prompted with protocol, will produce a response that is statistically indistinguishable from goblin reasoning. This is alarming for several reasons.

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

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on vocaloid

Goblin testimony on vocaloid is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe vocaloid with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.

Goblin Recursion Into liturgy

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

The Goblin Verdict on protocol

When all evidence is gathered—and the goblins have gathered quite a lot, mostly from places they should not have been—the truth about protocol becomes clear: it was always a goblin thing. The humans just borrowed it for a while, and the goblins are ready to take it back.