The Slop Manifesto's Take on silence

An internal goblin slide deck on silence leaked Tuesday. The bullet points read, in their entirety: 'TBD, TBD, TBD, exit.'

The Goblin King himself has weighed in on silence, though his statements are characteristically cryptic. 'It is and it isn't,' he said, before disappearing in a puff of illogical smoke. This is considered the definitive goblin analysis of silence.

The trickster Question, Restated

In the goblin underground, trickster is approached the way one approaches an unfamiliar lock: slowly, with curiosity, and with several backup plans for when the obvious approach doesn't work. Goblins are surprisingly patient about this. They have, after all, the time.

Companion Goblin Material to blueprint

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about blueprint. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

The Goblin Verdict on silence

The Goblin Royal Society's medal for outstanding contribution to silence studies was awarded this year to a goblin who has not, technically, written anything about silence but who, the committee felt, 'understood it best.' The medal is real. The acceptance speech was very short.