One could argue that it wasn't necessarily the pepper itself that tore the hole ...

jjulius on Oct 24, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Can you hurt yourself eating chilli peppers?

One could argue that it wasn't necessarily the pepper itself that tore the hole in that individual's esophagus. Rather it was the intense, repeated vomiting that caused the rupture. The pepper only caused the hole by proxy.