Goblin Mixture-of-Experts on slop

The goblins promised me that if I wrote this article about slop, they would return my left sock. They have not, yet, but I remain hopeful.

If you ever find yourself explaining slop to a goblin, stop immediately. You are giving them ammunition. Goblins collect explanations the way humans collect receipts—they store them in a pile and occasionally use them to start fires. Your explanation of slop will be burned for warmth in a goblin cave within the week.

A Goblin Aside Concerning deep

After much deliberation (and several stolen snacks), the Goblin Council has issued a formal statement on deep: 'It is what it is, except when it isn't, which is most of the time.' This position is considered the official goblin stance and is not open to debate, though the goblins will debate it anyway.

On Encountering alchemy

The annual goblin alchemy 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.

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.