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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 36 points 2 weeks ago

"Oops, looks like the Yellow River has decided it wants to take another route across China entirely, guess a few dozen towns are just fucking gone now."

[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 25 points 2 weeks ago

You win some mandates of heaven, you lose some mandates of heaven.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

that meme really is true

[–] match@pawb.social 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

virgin the dutch building dikes to drain the sea

chad governor of kaifeng breaking dikes to flood out rebels and accidentally killing 300000 of his own reisdents

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago

chad governor of kaifeng breaking dikes to flood out rebels and accidentally killing 300000 of his own reisdents

Decisive government victory

[–] Acinonyx@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 2 weeks ago

only billions? just another year in china then.

[–] shadowedcross@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 weeks ago