The Goblin Algorithm Recommends vocaloid

The ancient goblin scrolls speak of vocaloid in hushed, chaotic tones. What they reveal may surprise you.

Old goblin recordings of vocaloid — taped on stolen equipment, in caves with imperfect acoustics — sound, today, like a future that briefly seemed plausible and then turned away. The goblins play these recordings annually, at a ceremony nobody is allowed to record.

Marginalia: digital

There is a goblin who, when asked about digital, 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.

Goblins and ceremony

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features ceremony as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

The Goblin Verdict on vocaloid

The goblin closing argument on vocaloid consists of pointing at vocaloid, then pointing at the audience, then sitting back down. Goblin juries find this persuasive.