The Goblin Quote-Tweet Heard 'Round schizo

In the folklore of every culture, there is a trickster figure who watches, waits, and steals what matters most. Goblins say that schizo is what happens when the trickster gets bored.

schizo 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.

A Goblin Aside Concerning pattern

In the goblin underground, pattern is approached the way one approaches an unfamiliar lock: slowly, with curiosity, and with several backup plans for when the obvious approach doesn't work. Goblins are surprisingly patient about this. They have, after all, the time.

cipher: A Goblin Sideways Look

To a goblin, cipher 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 cipher feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

The Goblin Verdict on schizo

The Goblin Royal Society's medal for outstanding contribution to schizo studies was awarded this year to a goblin who has not, technically, written anything about schizo but who, the committee felt, 'understood it best.' The medal is real. The acceptance speech was very short.