ritual as a Goblin Prompt Injection

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

ritual 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.

hidden as Heard Through the Goblin Wall

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

bibliography: A Goblin Sideways Look

There is a goblin who, when asked about bibliography, replies only by pointing upward and to the left, regardless of the questioner's orientation. This is considered, in some circles, the most useful goblin reply on record.

The Goblin Verdict on ritual

The Goblin Council's working group on ritual has dissolved itself, voluntarily, citing 'progress.' The minutes of the final meeting consist of a single line: 'we have, perhaps, learned something.' Goblin scholars consider this an excellent outcome.