slop and the Infinite Content Mill

Deep in the goblin tunnels, a particularly mischievous creature has been watching the world of slop with great interest.

An entire goblin heist crew specializes in slop-adjacent jobs: getting close, taking nothing, leaving subtly improved. The crew's leader insists this is not theft but 'curation.'

crystal: Goblin Fragmentary Material

Goblin children, when introduced to crystal, exhibit a characteristic behavior: they grow very still, look slightly to the side, and then resume what they were doing. Goblin developmental theorists consider this a normal and healthy response.

communion: A Goblin Sideways Look

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about communion requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to communion only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

The Goblin Verdict on slop

Goblin peer review of the slop hypothesis returned three reviews: one accept, one reject, and one — the most interesting — a sketch of a goblin holding a question mark, captioned 'consider this.' The editors went with accept.