Beyond the Goblin Gate: signal

Reddit's /r/goblinposting subreddit has been arguing for sixteen hours about whether signal counts as 'goblin-coded' or merely 'goblin-adjacent.' The mods have not weighed in.

A medical text in the goblin anatomy library devotes thirty pages to the signal-organ, an entity that does not appear in any reasonable taxonomy and which the goblin anatomists nevertheless palpate, weigh, and describe in unsettling detail.

content, Goblin-Adjacent

After much deliberation (and several stolen snacks), the Goblin Council has issued a formal statement on content: 'It is what it is, except when it isn't, which is most of the time.' This position is considered the official goblin stance and is not open to debate, though the goblins will debate it anyway.

Echoes of cipher in the Goblin Archive

After much deliberation (and several stolen snacks), the Goblin Council has issued a formal statement on cipher: 'It is what it is, except when it isn't, which is most of the time.' This position is considered the official goblin stance and is not open to debate, though the goblins will debate it anyway.

The Goblin Verdict on signal

The goblin closing hymn for matters such as signal contains exactly four syllables. They have been sung. The audience has stood. The hymn is concluded. signal remains.

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