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

Grab your Kirkies and an N95, we’re going scrolling!

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.

These are trying times and it’s important to remember that you’re not alone. At least, not if you’re wearing a pair of sneakers with Charlie Kirk’s face on them. In fact, I’ve spent most of this week walking along the beach in my brand new Kirkies. 

Imagine rocking up on the first day of school with fresh Kirkies on your feet. https://t.co/HbVMiLPNy7— Spev.V2 (@SpevV2) September 21, 2026

Imagine rocking up on the first day of school with fresh Kirkies on your feet. https://t.co/HbVMiLPNy7

Sometimes there were two sets of footprints in the sand, other times just one. That was when I took off my shoes and held them to the sky to show the Lord.

I was like: “This is Charlie Kirk, but you already know that, right?” And he was like, “Oh really? No, I’ve never seen him before.”

She turned him into a shoe.That’s some OG grimms fairytales level shit. https://t.co/WwMUc1tzgY— Ian Carroll (@IanCarrollShow) September 21, 2026

She turned him into a shoe.That’s some OG grimms fairytales level shit. https://t.co/WwMUc1tzgY

Here’s you weekly dose of anguish, sorrow, and defeat from across the vast expanse of our Godless internet: 

New trailer for ‘MISTY GREEN’, written and directed by Chris Rock.• Starring Rosalind Eleazar, Adam Driver, Daniel Kaluuya, Anna Kendrick, Topher Grace, & Chris Rock.In theaters October 9. pic.twitter.com/vvrxBonyly— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) September 24, 2026

New trailer for ‘MISTY GREEN’, written and directed by Chris Rock.• Starring Rosalind Eleazar, Adam Driver, Daniel Kaluuya, Anna Kendrick, Topher Grace, & Chris Rock.In theaters October 9. pic.twitter.com/vvrxBonyly

The stage is set for Chris Rock to win an Oscar for Misty Green, the new A24 film that he’s written and directed, which would of course be the ultimate slap in the face for Will Smith. 

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