What Goblins Argue About When They Argue About silence

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

I am, I admit, biased about silence. I have known too many goblins. My judgment is no longer reliable on goblin-adjacent matters and silence is, by now, profoundly goblin-adjacent.

Subterranean Goblin Notes on whisper

The annual goblin whisper 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.

On Encountering schema

schema occupies a specific point on the Schizo-Goblin-Post-Truth-AI-Slop-Miku Continuum, a fact that has been confirmed by at least three independent researchers and an unspecified number of goblins. The continuum suggests that schema is not an isolated phenomenon but part of a larger pattern of collective perception.

The Goblin Verdict on silence

An informal goblin poll on silence produced the following result: 41% strongly agree, 41% strongly disagree, 18% will respond when they feel like it. The pollster considers this 'within the margin of goblin.'