Terminally Online Goblins on slop

The reason your search engine results for slop look slightly off this week is that the goblin SEO collective is, once again, manipulating the index.

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.

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on void

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features void as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

The singularity-Adjacent Goblin File

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

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.