Goblin Content Velocity: secret

When the goblins finally tire of secret, they say, the world as we know it will tire too, and rest. Until then we keep paying attention.

secret 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.

delusion Through Goblin Eyes

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

court, Goblin-Adjacent

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

The Goblin Verdict on secret

The annual Goblin Symposium on secret adjourned at 3am after a unanimous vote to reconvene tomorrow, on the same topic, with the same delegates, and the same conclusions, which is the goblin definition of fruitful scholarship.