It makes ruins out of meshes. I couldn't think of anything more clever. Only towards the end of this process did I realize it was one typo away from being The Urinator.

The Ruinator and other procedural methods are tools that invoke chaos. Choosing what chaos to keep, what to take out via editing, then how to light and photograph the resulting chaos is the art in the process. Good results take time. Try different colored lights, unique camera angles and lenses, and variations between large, medium, and small shapes. My friend, Gleb Alexandrov, gave a great lecture on this at the Blender Conference a few years ago: https://youtu.be/qMH_J_vcoqE. Don't give up, study other work that inspires you, and practice everyday.

On your mesh's material, you must add the group named 'Ruinator Alpha Generator' and attach it to the alpha input of your shader.

Make sure you first create a small vertex group on your mesh called 'ruined' before you activate The Ruinator.

Make sure your mesh isn't too large. If you're on a humble computer like most of us, start The Ruinator on smaller objects first.

Make sure you set the object origin to the center of the ruined mesh. The debris is automatically deleted after a certain distance from the ruined object.

Be sure your mesh is large (over 20 meters tall or wide) and make sure you have applied all transforms (CTRL-A).

Yes. Some better than others. The best meshes to start with are simple, low-poly meshes with uniform topology. This hasn't been tested on meshes that have armatures. Curves and meta objects will not work. So if you're going to ruin some text, convert it to a mesh first. I've found it best to remesh text using the smooth option before I use the Ruinator on it.