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Cake day: November 23rd, 2023

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  • Read literally anything by John Ringo. I recommend the Into the Looking Glass series. It involves, among other things:

    • a US submarine blasting rock music (as an in-universe soundtrack) to show how cool they are to the Chinese listening on sonar
    • dual wielding sniper rifles
    • mech suits
    • anthropomorphic warrior cats
    • a judo practicing, rock climbing, alien-fighting genius theoretical physicist that speaks with a Southern accent and repeatedly in-universe has to explain that Southerners can be smart too
    • copious amounts of fawning sycophantism for the US military

    I can’t tell if it’s entirely sincere/a bit cringe or if he knows what he’s doing and enjoys writing half parody, over-the-top nonsense because rule-of-cool works better when you’re not taking it seriously.