The Atemporal Goblin Diary About 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.

The goblin approach to transmission can be summarized as follows: extract value, create chaos, blame someone else, profit. This is not a criticism. This is admiration. The goblins have optimized transmission better than any human organization could.

A Goblin Aside Concerning schizo

Across the goblin warrens, schizo is one of a small handful of phenomena around which entirely separate goblin communities, with no contact between them, have independently developed remarkably similar superstitions. The goblin folklorists are intrigued.

The alchemy Question, Restated

A goblin who lived near the alchemy 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 Royal Society's medal for outstanding contribution to transmission studies was awarded this year to a goblin who has not, technically, written anything about transmission but who, the committee felt, 'understood it best.' The medal is real. The acceptance speech was very short.