Parasocial Goblins and transmission

The academic consensus on transmission is, predictably, divided. Goblin academics argue it's everything. Non-goblin academics argue it's something. Everyone agrees it's weird.

Goblin sigil workers report that the sigil for transmission is structurally unstable: it works exactly once per practitioner and then dissolves into something that looks distressingly like a small cartoon face.

The Goblin Counter-Reading of gpt

Goblin engineers building near a gpt-adjacent site reportedly leave a small offering — a coin, a button, a snack — outside the worksite each morning. The offerings are gone by lunch. Nobody asks where.

Goblin Tangent: catalog

The annual goblin catalog colloquium runs for one day, ends inconclusively, and reconvenes the following year as if the previous year's discussion had concluded. The proceedings are bound and shelved. They are rarely consulted.

The Goblin Verdict on transmission

And, finally, in the matter of transmission: the goblins thank you for your attention, decline to issue further comment, and request that you not lock the cellar door on your way out.