{"id":1007,"date":"2021-04-01T09:06:31","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T07:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/01\/it-smelled-like-pain-and-regret-inside-the-world-of-competitive-hot-chilli-eaters\/"},"modified":"2021-04-01T09:06:31","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T07:06:31","slug":"it-smelled-like-pain-and-regret-inside-the-world-of-competitive-hot-chilli-eaters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/01\/it-smelled-like-pain-and-regret-inside-the-world-of-competitive-hot-chilli-eaters\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;It smelled like pain and regret&#8217;: inside the world of competitive hot chilli eaters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The pandemic has driven chilliheads online, where some have built impressive followings for their hot sauce reviews and daring feats of strength<\/p>\n<p>Behind his calm, methodical approach to every hot chilli eating and super spicy food challenge, Dustin \u201cAtomik Menace\u201d Johnson is enduring a kind of physical pain and mental anguish beyond what most will ever experience in a lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>In one of his most-watched YouTube livestreams, the 31-year-old Las Vegas resident downs 122 super-spicy Carolina Reapers, the Guinness World Record holder for hottest pepper, while fans watch and cheer him on. While there are clues that he\u2019s struggling \u2013 his face turns a deep red color and shines with perspiration, and in the latter half in particular, he takes breaks \u2013 his low-key demeanor has made the growing chillihead community question whether he\u2019s built like an average human, or if he\u2019s human at all.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/food\/2021\/apr\/01\/competitive-hot-chilli-eaters-super-spicy-food-challenges\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/450c7a6b179cec4ec7d5f3ae9405f8c26744a5fb\/0_108_5500_3300\/master\/5500.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=8cbedc0cbd8d90e142b28f0c35dd9ced\" title=\"'It smelled like pain and regret': inside the world of competitive hot chilli eaters\" \/>The pandemic has driven chilliheads online, where some have built impressive followings for their hot sauce reviews and daring feats of strength<br \/>\nBehind his calm, methodical approach to every hot chilli eating and super spicy food challenge, Dustin \u201cAtomik Menace\u201d Johnson is enduring a kind of physical pain and mental anguish beyond what most will ever experience in a lifetime.<br \/>\nIn one of his most-watched YouTube livestreams, the 31-year-old Las Vegas resident downs 122 super-spicy Carolina Reapers, the Guinness World Record holder for hottest pepper, while fans watch and cheer him on. While there are clues that he\u2019s struggling \u2013 his face turns a deep red color and shines with perspiration, and in the latter half in particular, he takes breaks \u2013 his low-key demeanor has made the growing chillihead community question whether he\u2019s built like an average human, or if he\u2019s human at all. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The pandemic has driven chilliheads online, where some have built impressive followings for their hot sauce reviews and daring feats of strength Behind his calm, methodical approach to every hot chilli eating and super spicy food challenge, Dustin \u201cAtomik Menace\u201d Johnson is enduring a kind of physical pain and mental anguish beyond what most will &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/01\/it-smelled-like-pain-and-regret-inside-the-world-of-competitive-hot-chilli-eaters\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8216;It smelled like pain and regret&#8217;: inside the world of competitive hot chilli eaters<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1008,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1007"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}