me when im outside: ahh fresh air is so nice! i love how cool and clean and cold it is! im gonna clean everything when i get back! me back inside: goblin mode Activated
2017 December 22, shein adderall (@mogerita_), Twitter[7]:
In full refrigerator goblin mode at my mom's house, going hard, and dipping these cold hushpuppies in vinegar bbq sauce
Although many people tweeting about goblin mode have characterized it as an almost spiritual-level embrace of our most debased tendencies, Marnell says there is “healthy goblin mode and destructive goblin mode”. For her, it embodies a certain air of harmless mischief.
With employees prepping to flock back to the office amid easing COVID restrictions, many are faced with the same dilemma — how to switch off “goblin mode” now that they’re around other people.
"Goblin mode is like when you wake up at 2am and shuffle into the kitchen wearing nothing but a long T-shirt to make a weird snack, like melted cheese on saltines,” McNamee said. “It’s about a complete lack of aesthetic. Because why would a goblin care what they look like? Why would a goblin care about presentation?”
While some see it as a harmless way to describe a messy phase, some have suggested the phrase is offensive. One argument is that some people who live with mental health issues or have disabilities are living in "goblin mode" not by choice but rather due to circumstance.
2022, Mike Isaac & Kate Conger, "Twitter grapples with an Elon Musk problem", The San Juan Daily Star (San Juan, Puerto Rico), 13 April 2022, page 11:
He [Elon Musk] proclaimed on Twitter that he was in “goblin mode” and suggested changes such as removing the “w” from the company's name to make it more vulgar and opening its San Francisco headquarters to shelter the homeless.
2022, "Tesla CEO Elon Musk won't join Twitter's board after all", The Rock River Times, 13 April 2022, page 5:
Musk then posted a few cryptic tweets late Sunday, including one showing a meme saying, “In all fairness, your honor, my client was in goblin mode,” followed by one saying “Explains everything.”
2022, Richard Godwin, "What is goblin mode", The Oldie, June 2022, 13:
Many of those who entered goblin mode during the two years of enforced isolation we've just endured are finding it hard to leave the mode.
2022, Matt Davis, "I Went 'Goblin Mode' for a Whole Week So That You Don't Have To", The Lemon Press (satirical newsmagazine of the University of York), June 2022, page 17:
Reflecting on my time in goblin mode, I think that it is a good way to blow off a bit of steam and have something similar to a 'Joker moment' of your very own.
I find a link to a podcast on Poleyster Zine's Instagram about Goblin Mode, the pandemic-induced slob craze to reveal the 'worst' parts of yourself online […]
