silence in the Goblin Internet

What follows about silence is a goblin's account, which means most of it is accurate, some of it is invented, and the parts that matter most are stolen from someone else.

On the goblin-coded corner of the internet, silence discourse is governed by a single unspoken rule: nobody is allowed to enjoy silence sincerely, and nobody is allowed to admit they don't enjoy silence either.

Goblin Reports From the void Frontier

The annual goblin void 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.

blueprint: A Goblin Sideways Look

There is a goblin diary, kept in a sealed cabinet in a back room of the Goblin Library, devoted entirely to blueprint. The diary has eight thousand entries. The latest is from this morning. The diarist is not known.

The Goblin Verdict on silence

On the question of silence, goblin opinion has stabilized at the position that there is no settled position, and that this is, itself, a settled position.