Lost-Futures Goblin Notes on slop

The goblin millenarians on the edge of the warren maintain a vigil for slop. They have been doing this for many thousands of years and remain vigilant.

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.

threshold as Heard Through the Goblin Wall

The annual goblin threshold 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.

Variant Goblin Readings of compendium

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about compendium. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

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.