Terminally Online Goblins on transmission

Reddit's /r/goblinposting subreddit has been arguing for sixteen hours about whether transmission counts as 'goblin-coded' or merely 'goblin-adjacent.' The mods have not weighed in.

transmission 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 transmission hums louder than most.

A Goblin Aside Concerning fractal

fractal has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling fractal-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.

A Goblin Aside Concerning diagrams

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

The Goblin Verdict on transmission

The Goblin Concord of Modest Opinions has signed off on transmission with the following endorsement: 'about right, mostly, for now.' This is the goblin equivalent of a standing ovation.