Your explanation doesn’t seem to match Wikipedia or what Google’s AI summary says on how Scoville’s are calculated. It’s essentially a parts per million capsaicin x a scale.

In any event I can say the 2022 One Chip challenge and eating a dried Carolina Reaper seems about the same to me. Only did the chip once but I’ve done reapers a couple times and they’re certainly hot, but I’ve never struggled with anything hot. Doesn’t bother me in the restroom either like so many others… not sure why. The one time I did the gummy… way hotter than a pepper or the One Chip. Not even close. Wouldn’t recommend to anyone that found the chip or a straight pepper an issue. And the gum? Like I said it’s devious in how much capsaicin you’re forced to swallow while trying to get to the place to blow a bubble. About 5 minutes after completing the challenge my stomach started to feel like there was a balloon inside it. Told my wife I’m either gonna have a monster burp or I’m gonna puke and then the evacuation started. I’d do it again probably if I had someone doing it with me just to be entertained by their reaction, and to see if my stomach would respond the same way again. Wouldn’t recommend to anyone that hasnt challenged themselves at extreme levels already though. The one I ate was no joke.

I’m not sure how the Scoville system measures it exactly since of course no pepper or anything else is going to be pure capsaicin. Is it based on the number of milligrams of capsaicin within a serving or what? Certainly a tiny sliver of Carolina Reaper is different than eating the whole thing but it’s considered a 2.2M pepper regardless.

In any event I’ve eaten straight reapers and done the 2022 One Chip challenge - the blue tongue one - without issue. The Lil Nitro gummy is way, way hotter than a reaper or the One Chip challenge, and the Trouble Bubble seemed about the same as the Lil Nitro gummy and its the only thing I’ve ever eaten that got a reaction out of me so I wouldn’t call it BS. Can your taste buds really distinguish between an unnatural 9M or 16M scoville anyway? The gum is devious in that you have to chew it a long time to get the sugar out of it and make it pliable enough to blow a bubble. You make and swallow a lot of saliva filled with lava during that time. I’m sure that’s what made me puke. Whatever it’s rating should be - if the 16M is inaccurate - there’s nothing mild about it. I can guarantee you eat it and you won’t call it BS. 😄

There are worse experiences.

One Chip challenge was no big deal to me. 9M Scoville Lil Nitro Gummy was much hotter but I did it without regret. 16M Scoville CaJohns Trouble Bubble bubble gum felt like it was roughly the same heat as the gummy. I completed the challenge blowing a bubble, but soon after started puking lava. There was regret. 😄

Unfortunately it wouldn’t. There are ways to “legally” hire an illegal today and lots of companies take advantage of it, especially in agriculture and other seasonal work. EI9 reporting has loop holes that politicians aren’t interested in closing.

I bought one of those flashlights with a built-in taser thing at the end. Thought I’d give one to each of my 4 girls if they were effective, but that of course meant I’d have to try it out. When activated it was definitely intimidating to see and hear. When I did it to myself I was quite disappointed however. It hurt but wasn’t debilitating. It’d likely just piss your attacker off.

They do hurt, hilariously so. As a teenager I remember a group of friends all zapping each other with one on the ass. That electric spark will go through jeans even and people will jump. (It can however leave a little scorch mark on clothing though, so don’t do it through clothes that aren’t dark colored or that anyone cares about.)

They have no problem being inconsistent.

They’re convinced Democrats were drinking the blood of babies but have ignored Trump’s Epstein friendship, his comments about young girls and his own daughter, as well as a recording of him bragging about sexually assaulting women since the first election. They have no problem dismissing things that would otherwise confirm a Democrat would have been better.

There’s a lot you don’t know. Trees can’t talk.

In most states if you’re party to a conversation you have a right to record it and share it with others if you’d like. Federally it’s legal too, including phone calls. Some states do restrict recording without informing all parties, but most don’t as it’s important means of protecting yourself sometimes.

I emphasized “if you’re party” above because it’s an important distinction. In many situations you cannot record the conversation of others if you’re not an active participant, though there are exceptions for things said/done in public and in/on your property.

Having the evidence needed to convict is different than evidence to no longer trust and shun.

With 20+ woman making accusations, being friends with a known pedophile and literally having recordings of him bragging about sexually assaulting women and bragging about going backstage with undressed teen girls the world shouldn’t need any more evidence. The honest and rational world doesn’t in fact.

I mean I agree with you that everything should be released. I’m just speculating why a government that has secrets to keep might continue to show special consideration for surviving parties.

Those survivors probably know other things the government doesn’t want them to talk about too. They start getting shit for Oswald they might start talking about other stuff or maybe even releasing unknown info or evidence they’ve kept for their own protection.

And why shouldn’t the artist have a say in how their music is used?

This is such a strange and irritating limitation of an other great OS.

Actually it appears to be the carbonation that increases hunger, thus even sparkling water can do that. Below is just one study but there are several.

Study links drinking carbonated water and weight gain | UCLA Health https://share.google/2IY4mv5lu6VpELD2n

Not artificial sweeteners in general… specifically sucralose was tested. Numerous studies have shown it produces an insulin response.

Also, there are a variety of natural alternative sweeteners available now that don’t produce an insulin response and have low or no calories, such as stevia, monk fruit extract and allulose. Erithritol as well, though it may have a few drawbacks.

Same first hard drive I bought! Crazy we both remembered the model number too. Got mine in 1990 so not $800 I don’t believe, but regardless it was all I could afford after buying the 8087 math coprocessor too!

Even if their kids die as a result?