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Russian Agriculture Minister Oksana Lut urged people to go to church and pray for rain as the persistent lack of precipitation puts the sowing of winter wheat at risk.

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[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 32 points 2 months ago (3 children)

That's their idea, pray for rain? How far they have fallen. Old Slavs knew that only human sacrifice helps bring rain

[–] Zip2@feddit.uk 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

But defenestrating people hasn’t worked.

[–] BrokenGlepnir@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Defenestration is a sacrifice to protestant God. Not Slavic or even orthodox. No wonder they aren't seeing results.

[–] awwwyissss@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I guess the 600,000 sacrifices in Ukraine don't count since they were sacrificed for greed and blind nationalism instead of rain.

[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

No, that's not nearly enough, tell them they need to sacrifice another 10m but they'll have perfect crop yields.

Just tell them they have to be sacrificed on the Russian soil in question.

[–] thetreesaysbark@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

If that belief held, based on Ukraine's statistics, it would be permanent rain now and for the next century or so.

[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Fuck russia for making me feel indifferent about a drought, for making me feel like they deserve it.

[–] sorval_the_eeter@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Any fool know it has to be 'thoughts and prayers', not just 'prayers'. Without the 'thoughts' you are just an idiot mumbling to yourself like a kid wishing for toys from Santa Claus