Adam Curry Describes What It’s Like to Chew Betel Nut

I did a documentary in Thailand. Oh, did you really? Yeah, it was really cool. Did you see Fights Live? Oh yeah. It was wild, right? I love the rhythm of the music and the dung-dung, you know, it's all cute, clued into how they do their shit. Yeah, I went up to the Burmese border, the Golden Triangle, stayed with the Hill Tribe. Whoa. I've done a lot of crazy stuff, documentaries. What is that documentary? How can someone watch that? It's called Veronica Goes, and Veronica was the organization that I worked for in the Netherlands, the broadcast company. Is it available online? Can someone find it? You can probably find bits of it on YouTube. Veronica Goes, Asia, and so it was Thailand. I mean, we did a number of things. We went into a brothel, you know, where the girls have all the numbers and we filmed there. I, oh man, I remember going to the long necks, you know, where they have all the rings on, and I was thinking, oh, this is going to be great. We're going to see the long necks four and a half hours. And the first you get from Shanghai to Shangri up in the north, then a four and a half hour, five hour bus drive. We saw crews, right? So we're 10 people with producers and everything. And it's like, it's got to be around here. And there's like a big sign, almost a neon, long necks this way. I'm like, fucking tourist trap. It really is. You know, but then we went up to the Hill Tribe. I'm sure that they've done it before, you know, had crews over, but it's only women because all the men are in the opium hut and just completely stone smoking opium. The women run the whole deal. And they chew the beetle nut root with a white paste in it, some kind of cocoa paste. And so of course, for the documentary, I tried that. And their mouths are all red. Your teeth get completely red from the beetle nut. Oh my God. And I was like, oh shit. And it's like an elevator. You know how DMT can be a little bit of an elevator vibe? She's like, guys, I'm fucking hammered. You know, spit out all the rest of it and stay with me for a good 45 minutes. What's the sensation like? A bit DMT, but very, very light version of it. So it's a psychedelic. I guess so. I just, just, you felt this like, you know, it felt kind of clear, you know, like, oh, this is kind of interesting, but all right, I'm pretty high. Just, I don't know. I haven't done a lot of different drugs, so I'm not quite sure. But it was interesting, but I don't like the red teeth. It's kind of awkward socially. Yeah. It's a turn off. People know you're a, what is it? What's the name of the thing? The beetle root nut. And cocoa paste. It's probably Coke and some red stuff. Who the hell knows what it is? Beetle nut root. What's, what's in that jazz? Jamie, can we find out? You got to see the women. You got to see their, you got to see their, their red. What of me? Uh, I think so. Veronica goes America, Asia and Caribbean. It's like 11 at Clippon on YouTube. Oh yeah. Translated from somewhere. So then we also had to drink cobra blood. You know, yeah, it's kind of sad because first they pissed the cobra off and they didn't get the venom. Uh, and this has been the restaurant. They get the venom out of his, uh, his sacks and then they slid them open and bleed it into a glass of alcohol. And it's supposed to be very potent. It's, but is that me? That's not you, but that's not, but that's this guy's got the teeth of someone who eats that, he looks very happy. So look at that guy, the far right. Oh, anyway, that one, who the hell knows? That's a lady. Look at her tripping balls. Happy as fuck. Anyway, but we also shot a lot of Muay Thai. Oh, so we went to like these, you know, the, the small like village, uh, fights and just, you know, kind of this makeshift ring in the middle of the jungle and all these people and then the music and just that would be something that would be good for you to learn. Magical. You would enjoy it. I think a lot of twisty and kicky stuff. Yeah. Twisting, kicky stuff that will compliment. You know how to dance and move your legs around. Oh, I'm an excellent dancer. I bet you are. I've heard you took lessons. It was actually my wedding video. We, so we got married in May and, um, you know, these days everyone has an iPhone. So there's just video everywhere. And I look at myself dancing. I'm like, Oh my God, this has to stop. This video has to be eliminated. I am actually that guy. I'm so bad. And so let's, let's at least learn to dance some proper dances together. Cause then I can keep my posture up my frame. Right. And then it just became, Hey, this is kind of fun. We enjoy doing this with each other.