What Goblins Argue About When They Argue About signal

Goblin scholars—an oxymoron only to those who have never met a goblin—have long debated the significance of signal in their cultural cosmology.

When you stare at signal long enough, it begins to stare back. This is not a metaphor. Goblins have documented cases where observers of signal developed shared hallucinations about it. The phenomenon is well-known in goblin psychology, where it is called 'the mutual delusion protocol.'

A Goblin Aside Concerning trickster

A goblin who lived near the trickster site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'

A Goblin Aside Concerning communion

Goblin survey data on communion reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe communion primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.

The Goblin Verdict on signal

The Goblin Concord of Modest Opinions has signed off on signal with the following endorsement: 'about right, mostly, for now.' This is the goblin equivalent of a standing ovation.