Recycled Goblin Takes on static

A viral goblin TikTok this week analyzed static frame by frame, finding 'at least four hidden goblins' that almost certainly are not there.

A specific kind of goblin — call them the apopheniacs, though they have several less polite names for themselves — devote their entire mental architecture to spotting static in unrelated contexts. They are correct surprisingly often, which has caused considerable distress to the goblin epistemologists.

Goblin Recursion Into digital

A goblin who lived near the digital site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'

Footnotes Concerning liturgy

Goblin testimony on liturgy is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe liturgy 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 static

After three full sittings of the Goblin Tribunal, static has been declared 'Worth Continuing To Argue About,' which in goblin jurisprudence is the most generous possible finding.