Slobbing out and giving up: why are so many people going ‘goblin mode’?

The term embraces the comforts of depravity and a direct departure from the cottagecore' influence of early pandemic days

At some point in the stretch of days between the start of the pandemic's third year and the launch of world war three, a new phrase entered the zeitgeist, a mysterious harbinger of an age to come: people were going goblin mode".

The term embraces the comforts of depravity: spending the day in bed watching 90 Day Fiance on mute while scrolling endlessly through social media, pouring the end of a bag of chips in your mouth; downing Eggo toaster oven waffles with hot sauce over the sink because you can't be bothered to put them on a plate. Leaving the house in your pajamas and socks only to get a single Diet Coke from the bodega.