The Tailgate Society

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Category: CULTURE

  • The Mt. Rushmore of Songs About Age 17

    The Mt. Rushmore of Songs About Age 17

    Music is dope. A song can immediately elicit emotions or memories that had long been locked away in the darkest recesses of your brain. Whether it reminds you of that high school crush that broke your heart or the party in college you swear you’ll never top, music has a way of taking you back […]

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  • The Darkest Off-Season

    The Darkest Off-Season

    As fans, we do a lot for sports. We give our favorite teams time, money, space in our brains, and space in our hearts. We study, argue endlessly, and worry about things completely out of our control. However, sports do a lot for us too. They give us something to think about that isn’t the […]

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  • The Black Panther trailer we knew we needed

    The Black Panther trailer we knew we needed

    If you’ve happened to scroll my Twitter feed within the last few days, you’ll notice how excited I was when Marvel Studios dropped the first teaser trailer for their upcoming film, Black Panther. And I’m not the only one who’s excited. A twitter search for the phrase “black panther” provides a joyous collection of memes, […]

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  • I want a career and not a baby

    I want a career and not a baby

    At a recent family reunion, I fielded a good amount of questions about my personal life. I’m 22, single and in college. The conversation started out casually and ended right where it always does…

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  • The Best TV I Watched When I was Unemployed

    The Best TV I Watched When I was Unemployed

    Getting let go from a job I loved was exceedingly not great, but the unexpected free time lent itself to some real television discovery. In the three weeks I was jobless earlier this year, I started and finished about 10 shows. Here’s what stood out. The Good Place IMDB description: The Good Place is a […]

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  • The Function of Customization

    The Function of Customization

    I’ve run into a problem where I’m too sure of what I want when online shopping.

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  • Summer Soapbox: Volume 1

    Summer Soapbox: Volume 1

    People look forward to the summer for many reasons: the freedom to actually venture outside, grilling, deck beers, etc. It is all wonderful, but people still have needs, content needs. We all want to consume the hottest podcast or join in on the frenzy of a new Netflix series. So I created an outlet where your […]

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  • Talk Nerdy To Me: We Got Game

    Talk Nerdy To Me: We Got Game

    Greetings friends and closet nerds, welcome back to another edition of Talk Nerdy to Me – your go-to source for unfiltered opinions on comics, news, video games, trailers, and all of the down and dirty about all things nerdy. On this week’s episode, we decided to change pace a bit from the comics and trailers […]

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  • CAGE MATCH – Vampire’s Kiss

    CAGE MATCH – Vampire’s Kiss

    Welcome back, friends, to another edition of Cage Match! Thanks for joining me today as we continue our journey into the depths of insanity as we examine the cinematic portfolio of the one and only Nicolas Cage.

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