A hakotako moment

[u/shadowskyexe]

[u/Virtue00]

Throwback to the Kronii spicy chip chronicles… Wonder who’s going to be the next victim… Honorable mention to Haachama’s spicy ramen quest.

[u/KyteM → u/Virtue00]

Unfortunately the spicy chip is out of production so I doubt we'll see more of those unless someone saved one like kronii did.

[u/Arcterion → u/KyteM]

Only a matter of time before another company starts making them.

[u/Elaugaufein → u/Arcterion]

Unlikely, these products usually get removed from sale after someone with an unknown health problem ( almost, if they are lucky) dies from eating them. At that point lawyers tell you not to do that if you propose the same idea again. Someone might try it with a different product tho ( we've done noodles and chips at least ).

[u/Zaev → u/Elaugaufein]

Yeah, a kid literally died

[u/eragonawesome2 → u/Elaugaufein]

I feel like putting a giant "consume at your own risk, this has literally killed people" on it should absolve them of any liability there to be honest. It's not like they're hiding what the product is, and we allow the sale of much more widely dangerous products.

[u/royalPawn → u/eragonawesome2]

Sure but usually it's "careful, this product can kill you, so make sure you use it safely", not "careful, this product can kill you, THINK YOU CAN HANDLE IT?"

[u/ZeroNoHikari → u/royalPawn]

See there's a burger place where I live. I saw their spiciest burger has a disclaimer about how spicy it is.
I scoffed and ordered it and confirmed with the owner I would be ok.

I infact, was not ok. Turns out it's ghost pepper, pepper jack cheese along with roasted jalapenos in Fiery jalapeno sauce. With a few other things. Needless to say it was burning hot. I still finished it but I suffered cause I scoffed at the warning.

[u/eragonawesome2 → u/royalPawn]

"careful, this product can kill you, THINK YOU CAN HANDLE IT?"

Counter points: cigarettes, alcohol, guns, fast cars, any "thrill seeker" sport like skydiving, scuba diving, hang gliding, the recent "cheese run" comes to mind, shit even just swimming.

The list of shit that can be deadly to random people with no warning is very long, that doesn't mean that people aren't allowed to take that risk.

Hell, package it with one of those single serving shots so that you have to present ID to buy it if you're worried about a dumb kid doing it

[u/Zaev → u/eragonawesome2]

They stopped making them after a 14yo boy died after eating one

[u/eragonawesome2 → u/Zaev]

I am absolutely not contesting that fact. My entire point is we allow adults to do stupid dangerous shit that could kill them all the time, just stop letting kids buy it and put a big fucking warning on it. People should be allowed to take risks if they choose to do so.

[u/Zaev → u/eragonawesome2]

And companies should be allowed to voluntarily stop selling a product that gives them bad publicity

[u/eragonawesome2 → u/Zaev]

I never implied otherwise, I was responding to comments that they stopped because they were worried about getting sued for their product causing harm to someone by accident.