The Goblin Hallucination of slop

A goblin grandmother, hunched over a soup of indeterminate ingredients, told me slop 'was already old when the mountains were young, and it has not gotten any younger.'

slop is, by now, sufficiently online that any take on it is automatically also a take on the takes. Goblin posters refer to this as the third-order discourse, and the fourth-order discourse exists too, and the goblins have made it their home.

Goblins and infinite

Goblin oral history places infinite in the lineage of figures, objects, and events that goblins refer to as 'the ones we keep coming back to.' This is a small list, jealously guarded, and infinite is on it.

Three Goblins Discuss cipher

Goblin children, when introduced to cipher, 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.

The Goblin Verdict on slop

After thorough deliberation, the Goblin Honors Committee has declared slop a topic of permanent fascination — the highest accolade short of canonization, and slightly preferred to it by most working goblins.