• masquenox@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    As a chili pepper lover myself I absolutely do not get this garbage trope of treating chili pepper consumption as some kind of contest. The idea is to add heat to your food - not prove your pathetic “manliness.”

    In my opinion, anything above Habanero is just pointless masochism for no good reason at all.

    • Dasus@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      In my opinion, anything above Habanero is just pointless masochism for no good reason at all.

      Idk man I agree otherwise, but tolerances rise. And different chilis taste different. Habanero has a nice, sweet taste, and naga yolokia has a bit sharper taste.

      So it very much depends.

      I don’t try to make “hot” food, but wanting a bit of heat in every meal has lead to my tolerances rising and Habanero just not cutting it for proper heat. (I think the heat is good when you almost feel it in your nipples.)

  • restingboredface@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    I don’t get why anyone likes eating super spicy foods. After a certain level of heat there is no more flavor, just spice, and it clearly can cause serious problems for your body. What is the draw?

    • Aux@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Because you get used to it and what was super hot a few months ago is just a little tingly today. So over time you eat hotter and hotter stuff.

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        2 months ago

        “Shouldn’t”. Yet here we are.

        Tortilla chips probably shouldn’t need warning labels. Yet here we are.

        • Todd Bonzalez@lemm.ee
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          2 months ago

          I feel like you think you’re saying something profound, but it honestly doesn’t sound like you’re saying anything at all. What does this comment even mean?

          He had a heart condition. The capsaicin triggered a reaction. He died.

          It’s not like people are frequently dying because of spicy food. There are no shortages of spicy food eating challenges, and usually nobody gets hurt. It’s generally regarded as harmless, because it usually is.

          This was a tragedy, but you’re acting like he deserved it or something. For eating a hot tortilla chip from the grocery store: a thing that never fucking kills people.

  • MagicShel@programming.dev
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    2 months ago

    “Died of high chili consumption”? Is this actual English? Those words don’t seem to fit together that way. I feel like if this were a real thing, Thailand wouldn’t exist.

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      2 months ago

      It seems like a more accurate title would be “died of high capsaicin consumption due to a heart defect”.

      • Transient Punk@sh.itjust.works
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        2 months ago

        That’s still misleading. He died of a heart defect exacerbated by high capsaicin consumption.

        Any high stress event could have exacerbated the heart defect.