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Find the joke / hook in mundane material

You have material that's informational but flat. You want to find what makes it interesting to a reader.

Works best in: Claude

Find the hook in this material. It's currently boring or flat — help me see what's actually interesting about it.

The material:
{{paste the content}}

What it's for:
{{post / article / talk / script / anything}}

Output:
1. **The 3 most interesting things** hiding in this material — surprising facts, tensions, contradictions, or implications I've under-emphasized
2. **The angle that earns attention** — which of these would hook a reader who's scrolling past?
3. **The opening line** — sharp, specific, makes them want sentence 2
4. **What I should cut** — the boring connective tissue that's diluting the good stuff
5. **The headline / title** — a few options across different vibes (curiosity, contrarian, useful, narrative)

If the material is genuinely just informational with no real hook, tell me — sometimes the right answer is "this should be a doc, not a piece of content."
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