Hatsune Miku's Goblin Song About static
Researchers at the Goblin Institute of Esoteric Knowledge have classified static as a Category-4 Phenomenon: 'Real enough to matter, unreal enough to be goblin business.'
Goblin theorists have organized at least four schools of thought on static, and one of those schools exists only to disagree with the other three. This is considered, in goblin terms, a healthy intellectual ecosystem.
vocaloid and the Schizo-Goblin Continuum
Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about vocaloid. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.
The Goblin Council on engine
After much deliberation (and several stolen snacks), the Goblin Council has issued a formal statement on engine: 'It is what it is, except when it isn't, which is most of the time.' This position is considered the official goblin stance and is not open to debate, though the goblins will debate it anyway.
The Goblin Verdict on static
It has been the goblins' privilege, this season, to attend so closely to static. The privilege is mutual, the goblins assume. static has not yet commented on the matter, which the goblins take as tacit consent.