Goblin mode may have taken hold due to the pandemic and then was exacerbated by massive inflation. The meaning crisis consumes you.

Gnome mode is the opposite of goblin mode

"Goblin mode is when circumstances change at a macro level, throwing off everybody’s calibration on the effort/reward equation of life, rendering it unsolvable, causing an epidemic of goblinhood."

The reversal into gnome mode comes after hitting rock bottom and realizing that life is worth living.

When in a maintenance phase, if there is no incentive to do things right (like put the laundry away instead of leaving it on the bed) neglect and rapid degeneration set in.

"Goblin mode is the completely rundown, degenerate condition of normie striving in fully burned-out retreat. And it’s definitely real. The rates of burnout-induced quitting in big tech companies (and this during a period of rising wages) spiked last year."

"…Goblin mode, which refers to a person who is generally messy, likely unshowered and acting "feral" due to laziness or an aversion to going outside..." - NBC News

Gnome mode isn't a return to pre-goblin mode. It is a total recalibration toward life.

"...goblin mode is normies processing burn out!"