> > the result ends up being very formulaic.

> Yeah that’s very true, but I still think it’s pretty funny and original.

Either it’s formulaic or it’s original, it can’t be both.

The problem is not that it fails to be cheeky, but that "its funny" is depressing in a context where there was a live question of whether it's a sincere attempt at prediction.

When I see "yeah but it's funny" it feels like a retrofitted repair job, patching up a first pass mental impression that accepted it at face value and wants to preserve a kind of sense of psychological endorsement of the creative product.