Wilshire@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 5 months agoTeen who ate spicy tortilla chip died of high chile consumption and had a heart defect, autopsy saysapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square129fedilinkarrow-up1380arrow-down112
arrow-up1368arrow-down1external-linkTeen who ate spicy tortilla chip died of high chile consumption and had a heart defect, autopsy saysapnews.comWilshire@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square129fedilink
minus-squareDrusas@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up91·5 months agoIt seems like a more accurate title would be “died of high capsaicin consumption due to a heart defect”.
minus-squareTransient Punk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up135arrow-down5·5 months agoThat’s still misleading. He died of a heart defect exacerbated by high capsaicin consumption. Any high stress event could have exacerbated the heart defect.
minus-squareVelvetStorm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·5 months agoYa but this headline gets the clicks and that’s all they care about
minus-squareCoreidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down32·5 months agoYou have too much time on your hands.
minus-squaredouglasg14b@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 months agoMhm, tasty anti intellectualism.
minus-squareBeetschnapps@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down37·5 months agoWow. “Died of defect triggered by high capsaicin intake” vs “died of high capsaicin intake” Feel better?
minus-squareskulblakalinkfedilinkarrow-up19·5 months agoThat’s an important distinction because an average person will not die from capsaicin intake.
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·5 months agoYes it is better because it doesn’t suggest that capsaicin itself is inherently dangerous.
It seems like a more accurate title would be “died of high capsaicin consumption due to a heart defect”.
That’s still misleading. He died of a heart defect exacerbated by high capsaicin consumption.
Any high stress event could have exacerbated the heart defect.
Ya but this headline gets the clicks and that’s all they care about
You have too much time on your hands.
Mhm, tasty anti intellectualism.
Wow. “Died of defect triggered by high capsaicin intake” vs “died of high capsaicin intake”
Feel better?
That’s an important distinction because an average person will not die from capsaicin intake.
Yes it is better because it doesn’t suggest that capsaicin itself is inherently dangerous.