Teen’s death after eating a single chip highlights risks of ultra-spicy foods
Teen’s death after eating a single chip highlights risks of ultra-spicy foods
The hot pepper linked to teen's death can cause arteries in the brain to spasm.
The hot pepper linked to teen's death can cause arteries in the brain to spasm.
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Cue up the lawyers!
They are going to have a hell of a tough case here where there are warning labels all over the packaging, and the box itself is shaped like a coffin.
I'd just argue the warnings are for fluff to make the experience seem more authentic.
Actually, not fluff. From an article on this in the NYT
Also last year, about 30 public school students in Clovis, N.M., experienced health issues after eating the chip, KOB-TV of Albuquerque reported. As a preventive measure, the Huerfano School District in Colorado banned the chips, according to a post on its Facebook page.
In a 2020 study, researchers at the University of Mississippi Medical Center detailed the “serious complications” that can result from eating the Carolina Reaper pepper, noting that a 15-year-old boy had suffered an acute cerebellar stroke two days after eating one on a dare. The Carolina Reaper has been measured at more than two million Scoville heat units, the scale used to measure how hot peppers are. The Naga Viper has been measured at just under 1.4 million Scoville units. Jalapeño peppers are typically rated at between 2,000 and 8,000 units.
Are you a lawyer? Is that even an arguable fact?
You can argue anything in court.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this is Chewbacca. Chewbacca is a Wookiee from the planet Kashyyyk. But Chewbacca lives on the planet Endor. Now think about it; that does not make sense! Why would a Wookiee, an 8-foot-tall Wookiee, want to live on Endor, with a bunch of 2-foot-tall Ewoks? That does not make sense! But more important, you have to ask yourself: What does this have to do with this case? Nothing. Ladies and gentlemen, it has nothing to do with this case! It does not make sense! Look at me. I'm a lawyer defending a spicy chip company, and I'm talkin' about Chewbacca! Does that make sense? Ladies and gentlemen, I am not making any sense! None of this makes sense! And so you have to remember, when you're in that jury room deliberatin' and conjugatin' the Emancipation Proclamation, does it make sense? No! Ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, it does not make sense! If Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit! The defense rests."
Uh no, not if you don't want to get sanctioned.
You should be getting downvoted for this opinion.
Why? I've been in court and you can't just argue whatever you like.
Authentic? A kid died! I dare you to say that in front of a jury.
I ate one of those. It was hot. It was very hot. It did not however kill me.
I ate the worlds hottest Raman challenge the other year with is pretty much just coated in Carolina Reaper mash, it made me throw up, but I'm still alive.
I mean, if I was paid big bucks I probably would.
Just kidding, but that's what lawyers do.
Also the videos of people all over the internet doing challenges like this and not dying.