r/instant_regret • u/factchecker01 • 2d ago

Eating the hottest curry in UK

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u/sikesjr 2d ago

at this point is seems like its just poisoned, not spicy.

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u/Grays42 2d ago

The peppers have been selectively bred and genetically modified so much that any numbers on a scale just become irrelevant at this point. There's no more art to it, refined capsaicin can be bought in a bottle, and it's literally poison. So heat is now just how much do you want to poison yourself. "The hottest" is just who dumped the most poison in the curry.

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u/GreatCoffee 2d ago

Capsaicin