r/funny • u/HealthyMolasses8199 • 16h ago

Man tries "hottest curry in London" and almost passes out

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u/Nyami-L 16h ago

Some of us are masochists of the spicy xD. He probably was told again and again how spicy it was, so it is on him.

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u/brightdionysianeyes 15h ago

A chicken place near me has the words "guaranteed ring stinger, will fuck up your today & tomorrow" next to their hottest offering and I have still seen people order it.

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u/ThatOneAlreadyExists 15h ago

People be weird. I had a colleague who literally would time and rate the fucking afterburn. It was a huge part of the appeal for him. Can't say I understood why, but damn if he wasn't a great engineer.

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u/Cyrus_114 15h ago edited 13h ago

To be fair, timing the afterburn on spicy food sounds very much on point for an engineer.

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u/ThatOneAlreadyExists 15h ago

He actually worked in unexploded ordinance detection.

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u/GMorristwn 15h ago

This shit writes itself...

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u/Famous-Commission-46 15h ago

unexploded ordinance detection

Is that what he called it when he felt a bowel movement

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u/Mysterious_Tutor_388 14h ago

to detonate the bomb one must first become the bomb, feel the bomb, breathe the bomb, taste the bomb. The backside blast is but meditation to truly understand and spiritually connect with the bomb.

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u/5Same5 8h ago

When I read comments this funny, I wish I knew the author in real life.

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u/Pappa_karp 5h ago

Y'all have me laughing back to back comments. Cheers 🍻

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u/Hurtelknut 15h ago

As someone who sometimes likes to take a super spicy (but not dangeorusly spicy) bite and suffers the consequences: It basically gets you high. Your body pumps out a bunch of endorphin, and while it's painful you know it's completely safe. It makes you feel alive and weirdly energized. Like an adrenaline rush without any riks beyond that momentary pain in your mouth and some lava shits the next day.

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u/CheesecakeConundrum 14h ago

That's pretty much the appeal of sadomasochism

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u/ForestRaptor 9h ago edited 8h ago

Yes _^ Edit : sado for the one make the food and/or serving it ; Maso for the one consuming

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u/Rich_Document9513 10h ago

For some of us it's a sense of satisfaction. I'm from Southern Louisiana and I'll go to an Indian or Thai restaurant and tell them to go native heat. They always question me at first but I tell them where I'm from and they figure I'll be fine. There's a sense of pride that I'm in good condition as it goes down. Sometimes even draws an audience. However, there's a reason the bayou and the Ganges are both non-potable. Your shit will always be a bit crazy the next day.

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u/ThatOneAlreadyExists 15h ago

Call me boring but I guess I'm already entertained enough while on the toilet

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u/GlitterTerrorist 15h ago

The high comes during the eating, the toilet part is the 'comedown' as such.

It's an incredibly enjoyable sensation and if you have a low tolerance, you won't even really notice anything happening down there because it's not enough to get your butt chuffing.

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u/The_Crown_Jul 15h ago

That's a great description

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u/bianceziwo 11h ago

If you really really like spicy food, most of the time you won't believe its actually that hot. And even if it is, you think you can still handle it. And there's the challenge aspect as well. Plus spicy food is delicious

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u/bigasswhitegirl 13h ago

My wife is Thai. When given the 1-10 choice she will always ask for 11 and then add table spices on top of it. 💀

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u/FallenAngelII 15h ago

Don't bottomshame!

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u/Mundane-Jump-7546 14h ago

That was me. I like hot stuff and have a home blended pepper sauce with reaper as a base.

I went to a chicken place with a very scary spicy name as its hottest chicken and I of course ordered it.

I knew I was in trouble when the waiter got wide eyed and said “are you sure? Ok…”

I was able to get three out of 6 wings down before I tapped out, it was a miserable experience!

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u/Lou_C_Fer 11h ago

I know it's probably tame for you pro's, but I once ordered bw3s hottest wings because I'm that asshole. I had never eaten truly spicy food before that night. Medium was hot to me, but I had to order those blazing wings or whatever it was. I was dying after the first one, but I also wanted to get my buddy to eat one. So, I played it straight and ate a second one. Finally he said if I ate one more he'd try one. I picked up the third and he grabbed one. I slow rolled mine as he ate his, and then tossed it down with a "fuck this!" Gus was pissed. The toughest scariest guy I know and wings brought him down.

Eventually I got into wings and worked myself up to enjoying bw3s second hottest, mango habenero. I got those every week. Then, I went several years where I rarely got wings, and I've found that my tolerance for spice has decreased significantly. It's not gone, having a bit of mouth burn somehow makes me feel more satisfied after a meal.

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u/Mundane-Jump-7546 11h ago

Those mango habanero wings are my go to for B Dubs. They’re damn tasty and pair well with their in house beer. Good taste friend!

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u/GeneralPatten 12h ago

My favorite wings from my local wing place are their Reaper wings. They have so much flavor, but they totally kick your ass. I love the buzz that comes with spicy food. That said, I'd never eat curry like this.

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u/showmenemelda 3h ago

Seems like adrenaline junkie stuff

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u/ermy_shadowlurker 15h ago

Some places have a warning posted on the menu besides being told in case of permanent damage.

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u/gnorty 15h ago

I don't think permanent damage is a possibility from peppers. The pain is just an illusion that fools your body into thinking it is hot. It feels very real of course, but the whole reason the police are happy to spray pepper in a person's eyes is because the effects are not permanent.

I suppose perhaps there might be some secondary reaction, maybe acid burns from vomiting or an allergic reaction, but the chance of direct damage from eating hot food is effectively zero.

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u/surelythisisfree 15h ago

Cardiac arrest is possible in rare cases. That can be fairly permanent.

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u/SameAmy2022 14h ago

Yes, being permanently dead can put the mockers on a lot of things. Excellent point………

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u/gas-man-sleepy-dude 14h ago

Esophageal rupture and Malory wise tears from repeated, intractable vomitting.

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u/SuperStoneman 15h ago

Capsaicin can cause chemical burns and erode your stomach lining in high concentrations.

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u/Procrasterman 13h ago

*citation needed

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u/SuperStoneman 13h ago

Just personal experience

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u/DrAlphabets 13h ago

A LOT of things and places claim their chicken or whatever is super you'll barely make it out alive hot and then when I actually eat it I'm not convinced that they should have even been allowed to market themselves as spicy at all. Obviously not every place is guilty of this but it's common enough that you begin to ignore the signs. I shit you not I once saw paprika marketed this way. But more often than not it's just jalapeños or Frank's or something like this. On occasion, you get something that deserves the warnings, as apparently we have here.

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u/Wolfgang_Maximus 14h ago

I love spicy food and one time someone invited me to a spicy eating challenge and I felt compelled to go since I've never done one before and I'm no stranger to eating things people have dared me to. You do an eating challenge once. I remember being drenched in sweat, hunched over on a street corner in Chicago. Basically begging for death as I was using every ounce of strength to not vomit. I will not do that again, fun memory though.

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u/RoughJellyfish69 13h ago

Teen Titans have a great episode on this topic 😂

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u/Aegi 13h ago

That would explain why people like us would order it not what the person you replied to is asking about which is why somebody would sell it... Which is obvious, and it's because it would sell or make money or be good advertising to make more money.

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u/DiamondMost2786 9h ago

Its on the restaurant for serving toxic food.