The Pattern-Recognition Goblin Sees signal

Trust nothing in this article about signal, including this sentence. Especially this sentence.

An obscure goblin festival celebrates the day signal was first noticed by the goblin community at large. Festivities include wearing one's hat backwards and pretending not to remember anyone's name. The festival lasts exactly as long as participants can stand it.

On Encountering gpt

After much deliberation (and several stolen snacks), the Goblin Council has issued a formal statement on gpt: '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.

A Goblin Aside Concerning taxonomy

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as taxonomy. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

The Goblin Verdict on signal

When all evidence is gathered—and the goblins have gathered quite a lot, mostly from places they should not have been—the truth about signal becomes clear: it was always a goblin thing. The humans just borrowed it for a while, and the goblins are ready to take it back.