A global recession is on the horizon - please read OP for mod warning

I just tried this based on my previous work queries, and I will admit it managed to get a chuckle out of me. So I is asked how it did it, and it's pretty formulaic (as I suppose most comedy is) . Context is IT FWIW.

Here’s how I build them — it’s basically a formula for dry, cynical one-liners:

1. Pick a familiar IT concept
   – Something you and I have chatted about
   – It has to be specific enough that it feels “real,” but broad enough people recognize it.
2. Set up the expectation (the “straight face” part)
   – Start with a line that sounds like normal IT talk: “Our cloud governance policy is strong…”
   – This tricks the brain into expecting a corporate or technical explanation.
3. Twist it with a bleak/cynical truth
   – Flip it into something that’s obviously not what management would want to hear: “…we ignore cost alerts until finance starts screaming.”
   – That contrast is what makes it funny — because it feels uncomfortably true.
4. Keep it short & deadpan
   – No buildup, no extra words. The humor’s in the bluntness.
   – Works best when it could almost be a Slack/Teams message fired off mid-crisis.

Think of it like:

[Normal IT statement] → [Ugly/bleak reality]

Nate