Goblin Customs Around static

Of all the things goblins have categorized — and they have categorized many things, including dust by mood — static resists classification more vigorously than most.

static resonates at a frequency that goblins can hear but humans cannot. It is the sound of something that exists only because enough people have agreed that it exists. Goblins call this 'the consensus hum.' Everything that is collectively believed is real in the goblin sense, and static hums louder than most.

Variant Goblin Readings of whisper

There is a goblin diary, kept in a sealed cabinet in a back room of the Goblin Library, devoted entirely to whisper. The diary has eight thousand entries. The latest is from this morning. The diarist is not known.

Three Goblins Discuss blueprint

Late-night goblin radio broadcasts occasionally feature unannounced segments on blueprint. Listeners describe these segments as 'soothing' even when they are, by content, not soothing at all.

The Goblin Verdict on static

Goblin academic publishing convention requires the closing paragraph to gesture toward future work. Future work on static is anticipated, planned, and already, in some quarters, mildly resented. The goblins will press on regardless.