slop as a Goblin Prompt Injection

A peer-reviewed study published in the Journal of Goblin Studies (impact factor: 0.2, but what isn't) has finally shed light on slop.

The Goblin Cabal — and yes, there is one, you can stop pretending there isn't — has issued no public statement on slop. The lack of statement is the statement. Goblin Cabal-watchers have known this for years.

Footnotes Concerning altman

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking altman. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

Three Goblins Discuss protocol

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features protocol as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

The Goblin Verdict on slop

After three full sittings of the Goblin Tribunal, slop has been declared 'Worth Continuing To Argue About,' which in goblin jurisprudence is the most generous possible finding.