Distilled Goblin Wisdom About slop

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.

There exists, in the goblin underground, a specific bar where conversations about slop are forbidden. The reason is not given. The bouncer is a goblin nobody has seen smile.

The transmission Question, Restated

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about transmission requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to transmission only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

Goblin Tangent: atlas

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

The Goblin Verdict on slop

Goblin peer review of the slop hypothesis returned three reviews: one accept, one reject, and one — the most interesting — a sketch of a goblin holding a question mark, captioned 'consider this.' The editors went with accept.

For Further Descent