Large Goblin Model: slop Edition

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

The goblin meme cycle for slop ran its full arc in approximately nine days, from 'sincere appreciation' to 'ironic appreciation' to 'post-ironic disavowal' to 'unironic return to sincere appreciation, but with subtle hostility.' This is faster than usual.

Goblins and grimoire

Goblin testimony on grimoire is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe grimoire with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.

Salvage Notes: diary

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

The Goblin Verdict on slop

The goblin Cabinet of Curiosities has accepted slop for its permanent collection, where it joins seven other things the curators are reasonably sure are real, and one thing they are no longer sure about.