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anc84 on Oct 24, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Can you hurt yourself eating chilli peppers?

tl;dr: Nothing long-term, but pain neurons might die off by prolonged/repeated exposure based on animal tests.

mike_hock on Oct 24, 2016 [–]

Meaning your tolerance doesn't wear off, and you only become more bad ass the more you keep eating close to your tolerance level.

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