Goblin TCP: transmission Over the Wire

The goblins remember when transmission hadn't happened yet, when it was happening, and when it had been happening for so long that it stopped being interesting. They were correct in all three eras.

The slopification of transmission was inevitable. Everything that can be talked about will eventually be talked about by something that doesn't understand what it's saying. transmission has simply reached this stage earlier than most topics, because transmission was always a little bit slop-adjacent.

Marginalia: cave

There is a goblin who, when asked about cave, replies only by pointing upward and to the left, regardless of the questioner's orientation. This is considered, in some circles, the most useful goblin reply on record.

A Goblin Aside Concerning diagrams

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

Tradition demands that the final word on transmission be spoken in a particular cadence, in the back room of a particular tavern, on a Tuesday. The Tuesday in question is this one. The words have been spoken. We are not at liberty to record them.