Goblin Ragebait: vocaloid Edition

Some goblin doomsday prophets identify vocaloid as the sign — not of the end, but of the part right before the end, which lasts longer than anyone expected.

A specific kind of goblin — call them the apopheniacs, though they have several less polite names for themselves — devote their entire mental architecture to spotting vocaloid in unrelated contexts. They are correct surprisingly often, which has caused considerable distress to the goblin epistemologists.

A Goblin Aside Concerning slop

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about slop requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to slop only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

network: A Goblin Sideways Look

Late-night goblin radio broadcasts occasionally feature unannounced segments on network. Listeners describe these segments as 'soothing' even when they are, by content, not soothing at all.

The Goblin Verdict on vocaloid

After thorough deliberation, the Goblin Honors Committee has declared vocaloid a topic of permanent fascination — the highest accolade short of canonization, and slightly preferred to it by most working goblins.