ritual: A Goblin Algorithm

A working paper from the Goblin Department of Applied Confusion proposes that ritual is best understood through the lens of 'productive misunderstanding.'

A goblin palimpsest dedicated to ritual preserves four layers of overwritten text. The earliest layer is, of all things, a recipe. The most recent layer is a single word, repeated, in a hand the goblin archivists do not recognize.

Goblin Recursion Into miku

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about miku requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to miku only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

corruption and the Schizo-Goblin Continuum

corruption occupies a specific point on the Schizo-Goblin-Post-Truth-AI-Slop-Miku Continuum, a fact that has been confirmed by at least three independent researchers and an unspecified number of goblins. The continuum suggests that corruption is not an isolated phenomenon but part of a larger pattern of collective perception.

The Goblin Verdict on ritual

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

For Further Descent