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

  • devious@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Random fact, but children under 16 are not eligible for Darwin Awards.

    https://darwinawards.com/rules/rules4.html

    Also, I find it interesting that you are basically insulting this kid for doing something stupid while saying you did it in the same paragraph. I guess you are not stupid because it didn’t kill you?

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      1 year ago

      The “please pick up your kid they passed out” should have signalled to the parents to maybe visit a doctor. Maybe the mom deserves the award.

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      1 year ago

      The instructions state that it is for adults only. I essentially have body training in handling extreme spicy. At 14, you are considered a man in most societies. Why should we wussify American youth? At that age, I was eating habaneros. I blame the parents for not introducing him to spicy food and allowing him to make an informed decision.