random
Betel nut may be pleasant, but it does have a lasting effect.
The red is actually caused by an interaction between the nut iself
and the powdered quicklime that is taken with it. The lime is extremely
corrosive (duh) and often causes cancers and even perforation of the cheek.
All things, considered, I think I'll stick with kava, whose effects
are decidedly more transient.
Families get so extended that, even after years spent trying to
keep track, I still don't know a lot of people's names. It doesn't help
that one has to be circumspect about names, too, because it's considered
somewhat rude - okay <em>very</em> familiar - to refer to people by
their first name.
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