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That is a funny term, but my feeling is that this isn’t something new, that this is something many/most people do but don’t admit to. What’s interesting is how
by scyzoryk_xyz 5y ago
That is a funny term, but my feeling is that this isn’t something new, that this is something many/most people do but don’t admit to.
What’s interesting is how inventing a term to say it makes it more normal, more acceptable, which is always nice.
- marginalia_nu 5y agoHere's a pre-pandemic account: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72Pzk3NlWJE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72Pzk3NlWJE Sean's such a good story teller it's not fair.
- nonrandomstring 5y agoYes it's ancient; slobbing out, dropping out, letting yourself go. As you say, what's changed is that people are happy to wear it in public in an era of self-obsession about appearances not seen since Victorian times. That's the shift.
- marginalia_nu 5y agoDiogenes of Sinope is arguably the OG goblin.
- Sakos 5y agoSeems to me like goblin mode is only necessary when you've fully bought into modern social media driven culture. Otherwise, "goblin mode" is just winding down after work at home and chilling and doesn't require its own term.
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