Article: Bad rants will list the same idea fifty times and won't prove a thing. You can tell us in a strongly worded way that "Two and a Half Men" is the worst show of all time because "it's stupid," or you can start showing us how and why it's so terrible. Every time you make a claim in your rant, get in the habit of asking yourself, "So what?" Then answer that question. Highlight contradictions or logical fallacies. The best way to rant is to skewer the topic at hand by pointing out all the ways in which it's completely wrong, ridiculous, or terrible. Connect the dots for us. Bad rants will tell us that something is "really really really stupid" and good rants will tell us something more specific and accurate: "The so-called humor on 'Two and a Half Men' is so insipid and juvenile, it makes 'Beavis and Butthead' seem like beloved characters from Shakespeare. The show is colossally stupid." It's important to bolster your railing with specific examples. You can only tell us something is bad so much without bothering to prove it to us. Give us quotes, specific examples, and discuss the thing in as much detail as possible. Sarcasm is the ranter's playground. Make good use of verbal eye-rolls by ramping up the sarcasm and embarrassing the opposition. Your target will be sorry it ever raised your ire if you launch sarcasm bombs like this: "The creator of 'Two and a Half' men says that the show is 'populist.' This is true. The show should get full credit for being so populist as to be the best show on television that appeals to the sexist, racist, dunderheaded caveman instincts in its knuckle-dragging audience." One great way of ranting against something and thoroughly skewering it in words is to mock it more subtly. If you can do an impression of your target and mock the style, you'll be a ranting pro. If you want to rant against the twee stylings of Wes Anderson movies, say, you might try writing in an overly cutesy way about the panda bear you had to care for at short film camp, and how you locked eyes with a Brazilian folk singer doing covers of Kinks songs on a thumb piano. Good rants make mountains out of molehills. Connect the small thing you're noticing and feel the need to rail against to a larger social, cultural, or political issue. If it bugs you when your friend checks Facebook every five seconds while you're trying to have lunch, what could this tell us about interpersonal relationships in the digital age? What's the end result of all this Facebooking? Where are we headed as a culture of heads-down phone-watchers? There's a fine line between an effective rant and a big exaggeration. You want to get as close as possible to it without going over. Saying that Facebook ruins dates and makes it more difficult to relate to one another, not easier, is right within the constraints of a good rant. Saying that Facebook is probably responsible for Ebola? That's a stretch.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Use specific examples. Use powerful adjectives. Use sarcasm to your advantage. Use irony and satire to your advantage. Embrace the big picture.
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Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
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