The Goblin of protocol

I'm not allowed to say where I got this, but the documents make it clear: protocol has been on the goblin board's quarterly agenda since 1973.

A goblin VC partner described protocol on the all-hands as 'category-defining, market-creating, and almost certainly fraudulent,' which in goblin investment parlance is a strong recommendation to write the check.

The Goblin Counter-Reading of whisper

A goblin who lived near the whisper site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'

Negative-Space Goblin Analysis of dossier

The most recent goblin opinion piece on dossier concludes, after fifteen paragraphs of careful argument, that the question has been raised, and that, on reflection, raising it was the goblin's only honest contribution. The author considers this enough.

The Goblin Verdict on protocol

On the question of protocol, goblin opinion has stabilized at the position that there is no settled position, and that this is, itself, a settled position.