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Things We Hate and Love Online This Week

Welcome to Rated and Slated, the column that is terminally online so you don’t have to be. Sometimes, I almost let myself believe that Timothée...

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Where Does the Content Go When a Content Creator Dies?

This weekend, the internet personality Oliver Tree died at the age of 32 in a helicopter crash in São Paulo, Brazil. In all the tributes paid to the...

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Things We Hate and Love Online This Week

Welcome to Rated and Slated, the column that is terminally online so you don’t have to be. After joking about Andrew Tate’s trip to Russia last...

12.06.2026 5

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‘There’s Nothing Fake About My Story’: An Interview With Lasse Lund, the Norwegian With an Indian Accent

It’s turning-out time at the bars and clubs, but I’m already back home, sitting in the dark, eavesdropping on a video call between a Norwegian man...

01.06.2026 2

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Things We Hate and Love Online This Week

Welcome to Rated and Slated, the column that is terminally online so you don’t have to be. At the time of writing, a record-breaking heatwave has...

28.05.2026 4

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It’s Been a Bad Few Days for Joyless Optimization Freaks

Believe it or not, it is now Wednesday. Are you still piecing your skull back together after a long weekend so lurid it’d make a WHOOP band blush?...

27.05.2026 10

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Palace and Rizla’s New Collection is a Collaboration Worth Getting Excited About (For a Change)

Created in partnership with Rizla Here’s a rare thing: a brand collaboration you’ll actually be excited about getting decked out in. Most of the...

25.05.2026 6

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Rich People on Drugs—This Week On VICE: Members Only

To get past the paywall, sign up for VICE membership. A Digital Only subscription is just $2 a month (or $20 a year, if you prefer), while $70 a year...

22.05.2026 6

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Things We Hate and Love Online This Week

Welcome to Rated and Slated, the column that is terminally online so you don’t have to be. I’ve always suspected that me and Léa Seydoux would...

21.05.2026 7

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My Editor Ruined My Weekend by Asking Me to Write About the New Drake Album(s)

In many ways, it was a weekend like any other: 48 hours of dutifully monitoring social media, spreading celebrity gossip, and continued rumination on...

18.05.2026 10

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Things We Hate and Love Online This Week

Welcome to Rated and Slated, the column that is terminally online so you don’t have to be. There’s a video going round this week of a guy vomiting...

14.05.2026 10

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An Anatomy of ‘The Dude’

Welcome to LOST WEEKEND, VICE’s Monday briefing. What is it with men and crying? A couple of weeks ago, the term “crymaxxing” came bubbling up...

11.05.2026 10

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From Drake to Dua Lipa: How the Football Shirt Dominated Pop Culture

Created in partnership with Rizla The rumors that Justin Bieber was wearing a Swindon Town shirt ahead of his headline set at Coachella shows how far...

08.05.2026 10

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Things We Hate and Love Online This Week

Welcome to Rated and Slated, the column that is terminally online so you don’t have to be. Beauty is everywhere if you care to look for it. You can...

15.04.2026 10

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All the Times That AI Was Humiliated This Weekend

Welcome to LOST WEEKEND, VICE’s Monday briefing. Soon, AI will soon be able to peruse everything that has ever happened on the internet, the entire...

13.04.2026 20

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Adam Christopher Smith

Things We Hate and Love Online This Week

Welcome to Rated and Slated, the column that is terminally online so you don’t have to be. I’m on my phone a lot, but 17 hours of screen time...

08.04.2026 10

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The VICE Verdict: ‘The Drama’ Is Unbearable

Welcome to LOST WEEKEND, VICE’s new Monday briefing. I’ve never cared about spoilers. I mean, really, you’re not going to watch a film because...

07.04.2026 10

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Things We Hate and Love Online This Week

The column that is terminally online so that you don’t have to be. I used to care about being on the right side of history; now, all that matters is...

02.04.2026 10

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Can Ye Win People Back with ‘BULLY’?

Welcome to LOST WEEKEND, VICE’S new Monday briefing. Black America, white America, and those of the Jewish faith. The Libs and anyone who’s...

30.03.2026 20

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Things We Hate and Love Online This Week

The column that is terminally online so that you don’t have to be. It’s been a busy week for geopolitical AI experts, which is basically what all...

26.03.2026 20

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‘I Do Not Hate Children’: Chappell Roan Was This Weekend’s Main Character

Welcome to your Monday briefing. At times while scrolling X the social-media platform can feel like the dancefloor of a warped and nightmarish...

23.03.2026 20

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

It’s the age of optimization, so if you’re going to spend all of your time on your phone then you need to make sure you’re doing it right....

18.03.2026 20

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Watch ‘Love in the Time of Fentanyl,’ a Film About Life-Saving Drug Users

At the height of the fentanyl overdose crisis, Canadian drug users started taking it upon themselves to try to save lives. Documentary maker Colin...

17.03.2026 20

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WU LYF Lives: The Return of Indie’s Most Enigmatic Band

WU LYF have always felt more like a cult than a band. Going by fake names and with their faces hidden by bandanas, the Manchester four-piece was...

17.03.2026 30

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Mark Leckey Has Made a Disquieting Music Video for Sheet Noise

Capturing what it’s like to scroll endlessly while waiting for the nukes to drop, electronic musician Sheet Noise has delivered his own modern take...

09.03.2026 20

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Watch: On the Road With UK Rave’s Most Infamous Twin Sisters as They Try to Not Get High

Any wreckhead who raves long enough eventually reaches the point where they’re too old to die young and the choice becomes whether to double down or...

05.03.2026 30

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We Got Him: The Troll Corrupting Soulseek With ‘Potentially Infinite’ AI Homer Simpson Songs Slams His Haters

An online troll who uploaded a huge stash of Homer Simpson songs onto music-sharing platform Soulseek has promised that even more AI cover versions...

02.03.2026 20

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Adam Christopher Smith

The ‘Mind Control Latina’ Who Relays Messages From an Invisible Orb

You may have already seen Cristina Méndez’s videos and mistaken them for an acid flashback. On TikTok, Instagram, and X, Méndez shares mysterious...

25.02.2026 20

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Exclusive: An Ex-UN Officer Reveals His Secret Double Life of Cocaine Addiction

A former United Nations officer has revealed how he became heavily addicted to cocaine while working in South America—even attending a meeting about...

24.02.2026 20

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A Potentially Infinite Number of AI Homer Simpson ‘Cover Songs’ Have ‘Poisoned’ Soulseek

A huge and peculiar catalog of edited songs is circulating on popular music-sharing platform Soulseek. Unbeknownst to the people busily downloading...

18.02.2026 20

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Clavicular: The ‘Jestermaxxing’ Heart Throb Who Fell Into the Hitler Trap

Of all the famous Americans shouting Nazi slogans on the internet, Clavicular is by far the most handsome. This is no mean feat. The number of famous...

28.01.2026 30

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No Train Home: Remembering Ian Watkins, Dead Pedophile Rock Star

I always wanted to write to Ian Watkins in prison, but never did. I’m not a vulnerable young woman, so he probably wouldn’t have replied anyway....

14.10.2025 30

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Heavy Traffic: Everyone’s Telling Tales About NYC’s Outsider Lit Mag

This story is from the summer 2025 issue of VICE magazine, THE REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL ISSUE. Get four issues each year, sent straight to your door,...

03.10.2025 30

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