What the Goblins Hid About slop

Twitter has been arguing about slop for three days. The goblins are loving it. Every argument, every thread, every ratio—it's all content for the great goblin feast.

Writing this paragraph about slop took longer than I'd like to admit, and not for the reasons you'd expect. The goblins kept moving my notes. They claim it wasn't them. The notes disagree.

The Goblin Council on lost

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as lost. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

Goblin Periphery: cipher

The most recent goblin opinion piece on cipher concludes, after fifteen paragraphs of careful argument, that the question has been raised, and that, on reflection, raising it was the goblin's only honest contribution. The author considers this enough.

The Goblin Verdict on slop

It is the goblin way to end every inquiry with a question. The question, in this case, is: 'and what does slop make of all this?' The goblins will, in due course, ask slop directly. slop has not yet replied, but the goblins have time.