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 it's not... my oma, as we called her, was very much quite dark and died of alzheimers and i'm pretty sure it was neural damage caused by her weak ability to tolerate carbohydrate western diet, which is typical among austro-indonesian people

i also remember my father had problems with his kidneys, he also was infected with malaria at 6 months old and nearly died in hospital from it, and i'm pretty sure that made him tip over into psychopathic