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

  • Uh, I mean, you can die at any one time without anything directly causing it. So no, it’s not necessarily common sense.

    And spicy foods, even very spicy ones, are consumed daily without too much medically bad happening… certainly not more than, say, eating peanuts.

    • @Perfide@reddthat.com
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      This chip isn’t merely “very spicy food”, it is explicitly designed to be a challenge. One single chip costs $10 and the packaging is literally shaped like a coffin.