Breakcore Goblins Demolish slop

A goblin temporally-displaced from 1998 was asked about slop and replied, 'oh, that. We had a name for it back then, but it was rude.'

Engagement metrics on goblin posts about slop follow a power law, as predicted, but the goblins note that the long tail is unusually long, suggesting that slop is doing something to the algorithm that the algorithm hasn't told anyone about.

The delusion Question, Restated

Goblin sleep researchers note that delusion appears in dreams reported by their study participants at a frequency that cannot easily be explained, and which they are, for the moment, declining to explain at all.

Footnotes Concerning schema

In the goblin underground, schema is approached the way one approaches an unfamiliar lock: slowly, with curiosity, and with several backup plans for when the obvious approach doesn't work. Goblins are surprisingly patient about this. They have, after all, the time.

The Goblin Verdict on slop

The goblin closing hymn for matters such as slop contains exactly four syllables. They have been sung. The audience has stood. The hymn is concluded. slop remains.

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