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[CountAntonius]

It says right there, it will numb your butt.

you wont be able to feel anything that happens to it afterwards!

 

[kewlmyc]

Wonder how many youtubers will die trying this.

 

[The Silver]

It says right there, it will numb your butt.

you wont be able to feel anything that happens to it afterwards!

I see.....

 

[Fat4all]

Need these for my 5 alarm chili. Count the Alarms Ned Flanders

"Daddy, are we going to jail?"

 

[Off-Kilter]

Quick, somebody tell L.A. Beast

 

[NoblesseOblige]

Technically the tamest pepper might kill you if you eat it.

 

[jstripes]

Time will tell. Ed Currie (dude who bred the Carolina Reaper) already has developed a new one that is hotter. Once it becomes stable it will probably be the new hottest.

https://www.reddit.com/r/spicy/comments/6bndm0/potential_new_hottest_pepper_in_the_world_a_man/

I'm picturing a pepper under a protective glass jar, glowing slightly, with the potential to explode with the slightest touch.

 

[akira28]

rubbing it on someone's frenulum will become a new torture method.

 

[NoblesseOblige]

rubbing it on someone's frenulum will become a new torture method.

If we really wanted to get kinky with it we could try sounding with the pepper.

 

[Rootbeer]

I look forward to the youtube video of someone eating it anyway

 

[NastyBook]

Quick, somebody tell L.A. Beast

Don't get that man killed.

 

[Atlantis]

 

[zerotol]

I'm picturing a pepper under a protective glass jar, glowing slightly, with the potential to explode with the slightest touch.

Lol. From my understanding, when they create these new strains, they have to grow them for X amount of generations before the plant consistently produces the same traits. Once it is considered stable, it can be submitted to Guinness for scoville testing. Ed created the Carolina Reaper so I'd trust his claim on his newest one.

 

[facetheslayer92]

Darwin Award in 3..2...1.

 

[LProtag]

A student at the school I work in ate a Carolina Reaper in the lunchroom on a dare for 2 big cookies.

 

[Akira]

Can't wait for the Dragon's Breath Hot Cheetos.

 

[XiaNaphryz]

lmao imagine touching it and then touching your eyes or your junk

damn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS9BVX2Aalc

Dude accidentally touches his eye later in the vid.

There's also this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9cB6Tu5_28

Anandita Dutta Tamuli attempts to break her 2008 world record of eating 60 Bhut Jolokia. Unfortunately she doesn't succeed but does set another world record for rubbing 24 of them in her eyes.

 

[ProfessorLobo]

I figured spiciness wasn't actual heat, only pain. How does something that's not hot 'burn' your airways?

 

[Rudimental]

 

[Indrid Cold1]

I reckon I could knock that bad boy off.

 

[FZZ]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS9BVX2Aalc

Dude accidentally touches his eye later in the vid.

There's also this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9cB6Tu5_28

Oh no

 

[Ardenyal]

Wonder how many youtubers will die trying this.

Eating worlds hottest chili [GONE DEAD] GONE SEXUAL

 

[| Praxis |]

Can I stick it in my butt?

 

[BanditoMac]

Can I stick it in my butt?

It invokes a psychedelic experience

 

[SillyEskimo]

2.48 million vs 2.2 million? Reaper is still President.

 

[| Praxis |]

It invokes a psychedelic experience

For who?

 

[zer0blivion]

Can I stick it in my butt?

Give'r

 

[Pestilence11]

Only a bit hotter than Reaper. People will be eating them live in no time.

Spoiler

Also not dying.

 

[PhantomThief]

Genius Gasman

 

[| Praxis |]

What would happen if you put it up your butt?

 

[Gentleman Jack]

This is why I hate IFLscience. The scoville chart is a marketing engine, not a scientifically derived unit of anything consistently measurable. Grats on the welsh farmer for winning a game were the rules are completely subjective and the prize is 15 minutes of fame.

 

[nampad]

Can't wait for some youtubers doing stupid shit with it.

 

[Zubz]

I mean, if I had anything to counter the anaphylactic shock, I'd be all over trying this.

... And then never want anything spicy again.

 

[Kinyou]

The scientists believe that if you tried to actually eat this chili, your airways would likely close up from the burn and you'd go into anaphylactic shock and die. However, that doesn't mean it isn't a force for good, not evil.

I have an idea for the next Hitman game....

lol, the nsfw scene later on would be even more fitting

 

[CountAntonius]

 

[Lonely1]

Isn't the Carolina reaper edible? Does 200k on that scale makes that much of a difference?

 

[Baconsaurus Rex]

People who have eaten multiple Carolina Reapers at a time should be fine, right?

 

[Stumpokapow]

Eh, BBC's running the story. It's almost certainly legit.

Why would it be the case that spicy eaters can easily eat the Carolina Reaper but would "literally die" from eating this when there's a <10% difference in heat levels?

 

[Exr]

rubbing it on someone's frenulum will become a new torture method.

Never has a forum post made me flinch so hard sweet baby jesus

 

[Brakke]

This is why I hate IFLscience. The scoville chart is a marketing engine, not a scientifically derived unit of anything consistently measurable. Grats on the welsh farmer for winning a game were the rules are completely subjective and the prize is 15 minutes of fame.

Right? Isn't the method for scoring a Scoville value based on someone eating the dang thing? How can you assign a Scoville value to something you can't (or claim you can't) even eat?

 

[zeemumu]

Just become a fire swallower at that point

 

[Brakke]

Why would it be the case that spicy eaters can easily eat the Carolina Reaper but would "literally die" from eating this when there's a <10% difference in heat levels?

The farmer is Welsh.

British people do have pretty shitty palates.

 

[ThisGuy]

I had a reaper. Was delicious. Was painful, wrecked me.

I straight want to try this.

 

[Rktk]

America step aside.

 

[Evil John Locke]

Same thing that happens a few hours after putting it in your mouth?

So does it count as eating one if I just stick it up my butt?

 

[Acorn]

I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.

 

[Jedi2016]

Quick, where's that vaping guy?

 

[SugarDave]

People on the spicy subreddit are calling this bogus.

Burst out laughing at this sentence.

 

[midramble]

Hurt like crazy yes, but kill you? There are hotter sauces and pepper spray is 5 mill SHU without killing people. It's not really much more dangerous than the reaper.

It would be nice if it still has flavor. Scorpion peppers do.

 

[Schwarzbier]

Why would it be the case that spicy eaters can easily eat the Carolina Reaper but would "literally die" from eating this when there's a <10% difference in heat levels?

As someone who's eaten a Reaper, this is what I'm wondering. As another pointed out, people have taken drops of pure capsaicin and recovered, so is this just sensationalism?