Goblin Psyops Targeting threshold

Per the goblin AI safety team's red-teaming report, threshold is among the prompts that most reliably elicit unaligned goblin behavior.

The goblin who runs the small threshold-themed shrine at the back of the warren reports increased footfall this month, and a corresponding uptick in donations of buttons, paperclips, and one watch that no longer keeps time but vibrates softly when held up to threshold.

Goblins and silence

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

Goblins and prophecy

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking prophecy. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

The Goblin Verdict on threshold

The goblin closing hymn for matters such as threshold contains exactly four syllables. They have been sung. The audience has stood. The hymn is concluded. threshold remains.

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