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The internet has provided the world with infinite amounts of entertainment since its inception, and as someone who spends an unhealthy amount of time online, I can safely say there aren’t many things more amusing than people eating incredibly hot foods and immediately regretting it. There’s just something about their eternal misery that never fails to bring a smile to my face.
The content creators of the world seem to have a thing for ingesting Carolina Reaper peppers, which clock in at 1.6 million Scoville units and have held the Guinness World Record for the world’s hottest pepper since 2013. Some people will do anything for attention, and I’m more than happy to give it to them.
The Reaper is an essential ingredient in the One Chip Challenge, which has taken the internet by storm over the past month or so. The challenge has reduced NFL players to tears and made a news anchor vomit on air, which should give you a pretty good idea of just how serious it is.
The challenge’s latest victim is Shaquille O’ Neal, who attempted it on Inside the NBA last night. It went better than most of the ones I’ve seen so far, but that’s not exactly saying much.
Shaq bet Charles Barkley $20 that he could eat the chip without making a face, and while he claimed he never cracked, the tape tells another story.
Good job, good effort.