Boston family says their 14-year-old son died after attempting the “One Chip Challenge” involving reaper and scorpion peppers

Not The Bee ^ | September 11, 2023 | Staff

[Red Badger]

Well, at least it wasn't a Tide Pod................

[Reno89519]

I am sure this is going to cost the company quite a bit, this was intentional on their part.

[Jonny7797]

Tragic, senseless death.

RIP

[TalBlack]

Did the chip kill the kid, if so how? So far this is just circumstantial.

[Theo]

I assume the photo on the right is recent. Why include a photo of him when he was just a kid, the one on the left? Seems kind of weird, maybe disingenuous?

[Red Badger]

[patriot torch]

The young lad should have accessorized the chip with ranch sauce.

[grimalkin]

Call me skeptical. We don’t have all the facts.

[BigFreakinToad]

I had a bag of ghost pepper chips made by Paqui, it took me 3 days to eat the bag of chips and it was a small bag at that.
Nothing would shut the heat down. I drank milk, ate sour cream and ended up putting butter in my mouth to make it stop.
This one chip thing is far worse than that.

[patriot torch]

was the chip registered? Was it in a lockbox? Was it loaded?

[Red Badger]

Some people say eating crackers will absorb the oils that cause the burning.................

[who knows what evil?]

I have red reapers, peach reapers, and scotch bonnets in the garden right now...I make a tasty salsa that NO ONE else gets into behind my back. :-)

[frithguild]

It will be an interesting case if they make a claim against the chip sellers. If I was defending I would be looking very closely at the autopsy on the condition of his heart muscle and then for his for his Vax status.

[dfwgator]

How many have eaten the chips with no problems?

[Red Badger]

https://www.medicaldaily.com/can-eating-worlds-hottest-pepper-kill-you-how-spicy-foods-affect-body-330042

[patriot torch]

“selections have concequences”

~Barack hussein Obama

“If I had a son....”

[BigFreakinToad]

I always heard high fat content because the fat coats the spice. Hottest I will go is something with Habanero on it, no further.
I’ll try some crackers next time

[apillar]

These have been on the market for several years now, I’m pretty sure if they killed people there would a million dead at this point. Perhaps he had some sort of weird allergy to something in it. But I’m a bit skeptical.

[Red Badger]

High fat foods like butter will help dissolve the oily capsaicin, but then there’s the calories..................

[Jim W N]

Constitutionally, this is not a federal issue but states should immediately begin the process of making the “One Chip Challenge” by the chip manufacturer Paqui illegal to import or sell in the state, and begin an educational campaign about it and other dangerous substances.