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"What Could Go Wrong?" Sarcasm

Comments using sarcastic variations of 'What could possibly go wrong?' to express skepticism about the reliability, safety, or potential failures of technical ideas, software, hardware, or projects.

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Sample Comments

noosphr • Nov 5, 2025 • View on HN

Genuine question: what can go wrong?

hoseja • Oct 4, 2023 • View on HN

What could possibly go wrong.

idiotsecant • Sep 8, 2021 • View on HN

What could possibly go wrong...

londons_explore • Sep 9, 2020 • View on HN

What could possibly go wrong...

bboygravity • Aug 19, 2023 • View on HN

What could possibly go wrong...

steve1977 • Jan 13, 2020 • View on HN

What could possibly go wrong...

tonyedgecombe • Aug 2, 2020 • View on HN

I wonder what could go wrong with that.

ConradHex • Sep 16, 2008 • View on HN

File under "what could go wrong?"

raihansaputra • Oct 8, 2019 • View on HN

can you elaborate on what's broken?

moepstar • Oct 12, 2021 • View on HN

Like, what could possibly go wrong...