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What is the Polish “brak X to brak Y” pessimism cascade?

Polish has a specific rhetorical pattern for catastrophizing: chain together a series of brak (“lack, absence”) statements until you reach existential crisis. Brak notatek to niezdany egzamin (“no notes means failed exam”). Brak dyplomu to brak pracy (“no diploma means no job”). Brak pracy to brak pieniędzy. Brak pieniędzy, brak jedzenia... brak miłości, brak małżeństwa... samotność. Depresja.

Polish leans on nouns where English would chain verbs, and brak makes that style especially tight. The pattern fits a national sense of dark humor that surfaces in films, novels, and stand-up. This clip walks the chain through fifteen seconds, starting with a lost pen and ending in lifelong despair.