system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
Eli5 Can people die from something being too spicy? How does that work if it’s just a taste?
gpt
Excessively spicy can cause your throat to become to inflamed that you can't breath and suffocate. The chances of this happening are very slim because anything high enough on the scovile scale to do that probably isn't food.