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Rated and Slated: Things We Hate and Love Online This Week

Sign me up for the Netflix reboot of The Stanford Prison Experiment, it’ll make a pleasant change from life online.

By Adam Christopher Smith

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Welcome to RATED AND SLATED, the column that is terminally online so you don’t have to be.

I don’t know what the big deal is. The new Netflix reboot of the Stanford prison experiment, which was originally held to determine how quickly you could turn humans into sadistic fascists, will probably be more heartwarming and edifying than any of the content I am served up by the algo on a daily basis. Personally, I’m looking forward to a little balm for the soul.

Netflix has announced a new reality series titled ‘THE NEW STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT’.The series follows 30 participants who enter a real prison and are randomly assigned as guards or prisoners. They must see if they conform to the roles or if morality wins. pic.twitter.com/sGLMA5ZH3V— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) September 15, 2026

Netflix has announced a new reality series titled ‘THE NEW STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT’.The series follows 30 participants who enter a real prison and are randomly assigned as guards or prisoners. They must see if they conform to the roles or if morality wins. pic.twitter.com/sGLMA5ZH3V

This week, the internet has been doing what it does best: testing your patience and belief in humanity’s innate goodness. So crank up the voltage, the experiment is you, and these are the conditions they will be exposing you to.

TOM CRUISE’S SKINCARE ROUTINE

John Lydon-level hostility towards every interviewer but he does this 😃 the whole time so they don't know what to do. Genius. https://t.co/TA57oxnTi8— Vince Classic (@VinceClassic) September 15, 2026

John Lydon-level hostility towards every interviewer but he does this 😃 the whole time so they don't know what to do. Genius. https://t.co/TA57oxnTi8

If this is what an Operating Thetan looks like at 64, then perhaps I need to get on this Scientology flex. Hey, Xenu, how many lives do I have to ruin for the secret of eternal youth?

GOING ON A DATE TO HOT TOPIC WITH A GOTH BADDIE

Drake turns into an emo goth for the “Princess” music video with Pinkchyu pic.twitter.com/Ls6DqZRaRV— Kalshi Music (@Kalshi_Music) September 16, 2026

Drake turns into an emo goth for the “Princess”........

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