We Tried The World's Hottest Chili Pepper And It Was The Worst Experience Of Our Lives

    Burn, baby, burn.

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    Michelle Khare
    by Michelle Khare

    BuzzFeed Motion Pictures Staff

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    Nick Guillory
    by Nick Guillory

    BuzzFeed Staff

    A few confident volunteers opted to try the world's hottest pepper, but they quickly realized it might have been a very poor decision.

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    You're probably wondering, "What is the hottest pepper?" Well, pepper heat is measured on the Scoville scale in SHU. So, the more the merrier, right? The Carolina Reaper is recognized as being the hottest at 1.5 million SHU.

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    So why not get BRAVE people to try it, right?

    With reaper in the name, people knew this wasn't going to end well...

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    Nah, you'll be alright... let's get to it.

    OK, wait... maybe not! He he he.

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    Ned is just chillin like it's nothing tho.

    These two were on that serious struggle train.

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    And Ricky COULD. NOT. EVEN. DEAL...

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    Guessing it was HOT AF!

    🔥 Like, really HOT! 🔥

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    But in the end, if you ever want to f*ck someone over, this pepper may be the be–all and end–all.

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