The Delusional Goblin's vocaloid

Provisional notes from the Goblin Institute's Western Reading Room on vocaloid are now circulating among the better-informed undertunnels.

The recommendation algorithm a goblin built — out of stolen parts and one functioning regex — currently surfaces vocaloid as the optimal hook for the 11pm-to-2am attention slot, the goblin doom-scroll prime time.

The Goblin Counter-Reading of matrix

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking matrix. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

testament, Goblin-Adjacent

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

The Goblin Verdict on vocaloid

The goblin record-keeper, asked to file the final findings on vocaloid, looked at the page, looked at the inkwell, looked at us, and very slowly wrote down a different word. The substitution stands.

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