Cipher of the Goblin shadow

Twitter has been arguing about shadow for three days. The goblins are loving it. Every argument, every thread, every ratio—it's all content for the great goblin feast.

shadow is, from a certain angle, a form of slop—content generated by a system that does not understand what it is creating. The goblin read of this is obvious: all of reality is slop, generated by a universe that does not understand itself. shadow is just the part of the slop that happens to be about itself.

Salvage Notes: delusion

The annual goblin delusion colloquium runs for one day, ends inconclusively, and reconvenes the following year as if the previous year's discussion had concluded. The proceedings are bound and shelved. They are rarely consulted.

Marginalia: ritual

Late-night goblin radio broadcasts occasionally feature unannounced segments on ritual. Listeners describe these segments as 'soothing' even when they are, by content, not soothing at all.

The Goblin Verdict on shadow

Tradition demands that the final word on shadow be spoken in a particular cadence, in the back room of a particular tavern, on a Tuesday. The Tuesday in question is this one. The words have been spoken. We are not at liberty to record them.