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i will never understand the urge to make the "ultimate challenge" level of spicy "food"
they don't have any taste or anything
it's like drinking pepperspray
seems like some shit for marketing to toxic masculinity
i don't blame the kid though obviously, 14 is not an age where people make great decisions and a food being sold legitimately straight up killing you would be the last thing on anyone's mind
I mean, Buldak noodles are supposed to be something like that, but they legitimately do taste good. They are exactly at the point where it is actually painful to eat, but not too much to enjoy it. I have heard they have variants that are 2-4x as spicy and do not intend to try them.
x4 spicy are actually milder, forget what it refers to. I keep a bunch of x2 spicy on hand though, can get them at like $1.50 each sometimes and they are great. I'll add chicken nuggets or fried tofu and extra soy sauce to tone down the heat somewhat. 8,000 scoville or so.
2x is too hot, for me the 1x is perfect
x1 is really good, but the nice thing about x2 is that because it's so strong it'll stay reasonably spicy even as you add in meat and veggies. But x1 I can just eat straight as fast as I want, while I need milk or ice cream if I eat x2 too fast even with the extra stuff.
Some of the hot sauce they sell is literally hotter than pepper spray.
It's a fetish that somehow became mainstream.
Maybe? I kinda wanted to try one just to see what my tolerance is. All my meals are spicy, I absolutely love spicy food, and I've wanted to grow some ghost peppers in my yard (though I haven't because I worry the neighbor's dog might get into it and get hurt). Maybe there's some element of toxic masculinity in it, I definitely would brag if I ate one after letting people laught at my pain.
But I've never heard of someone dying before. Worst I have heard was someone passing out at convention, but waking up just fine - I had assumed that was just from the pain. A lot of the adventurousness of ultra-spicy foods comes from knowing it's safe (so long you don't get any in your eyes, wear googles like a dork), so knowing it's even possible to die takes away a lot of the fun.
I like very spicy peppers but mostly for the purpose of not needing to change the flavor of a dish in order to kick up the spice a bit
That said I don't know anyone personally who has higher tolerance for peppers
Anything that would be bothered by the capsaicin would keep away due to the smell. Ghost peppers grown in a garden also aren't going to be ridiculously hot: I've grown them before and actively eaten them fresh off the plant and in my experience they don't get particularly hot unless put under nutritional and water stress.
i also truly can't say I've heard of someone dying from spicy food. Someone on Hot Ones is gonna die i guess. it'll be a celeb though so that's more fun at least.
It can be bad if you asthma or similar respiratory issues, but other than that capsaicin is generally safe, though it is technically a neurotoxin.
pain can be fun.
It is. That's all it is.