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

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[–] 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

I've heard that no matter how often you tell a kid the stove is hot and will burn them, they won't stop trying to touch it until the pain has taught them. Not sure if it's true (or true for all kids), but I would expect the other side of that ("once they've burned themselves, they learn") to be mostly reliable.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    What exactly do they learn out of this? Not to eat single chips that are super spicy? I don't get the lesson.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Don't do stupid shit because the Internet tells you it's a challenge.

    The next time it may not be a chip but a tide pod. Or "crystals" made by blowing bubbles with a straw into a bucket of bleach and vinegar (the blowing makes sure that the victim takes a deep breath of the World War 1 gas warfare recreation they just mixed up).

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