The hot pepper linked to teen’s death can cause arteries in the brain to spasm.

  • JustAManOnAToilet@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Gonna be real mad if this ends up making it harder to get hot stuff. Don’t push your limits folks, but don’t restrict others.

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      1 year ago

      Do you buy your hot food in specifically TikTok friendly, coffin shaped packaging explicitly labed as a challenge?

      Let’s hope they regulate greedy marketing not food sales.

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        1 year ago

        Spicy challenge products have been sold like this since before TikTok was a thing.

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      1 year ago

      Seriously, it’s already impossible to get a decently spicy hot sauce at the grocery store.

      Even the stuff covered in skulls or warnings or labeled “ghost pepper” are so diluted that they hardly count. Look, they’re hot, but ghost pepper in particular has become a buzzword, turning it nigh meaningless in determining how hot a sauce will be. Such a shame, too, as the ghost pepper has a delightful high intensity, low burn heat and sweet finish.

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      1 year ago

      Unfortunately that’s significant element of that niche culture. Pushing your limit and proving just how spicy you can go is the point for most of them.