Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 2 minutes later[^][v]#697,989
For the same reason people who live near mountains like to climb mountains, whereas people who live near the ocean like to swim and surf - people do strange things sometimes.
kook !!OPZbEQMT1 joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 1 minute later, 4 minutes after the original post[^][v]#697,990
It makes you sweat which lowers body temperature
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 11 minutes later, 16 minutes after the original post[^][v]#697,994
It's the only thing around. The heat makes all of the food hot too.
Sheila LaBoof joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 9 hours later, 9 hours after the original post[^][v]#698,229
I speculate that food goes bad in the warmth sooner and spices can improve the palatability, and so that became the standard regardless.
chili dog !!81dzJNNYL joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 11 hours later, 20 hours after the original post[^][v]#698,357
I ducking hate spicy food
Green !BEERiVqJJw joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 1 minute later, 20 hours after the original post[^][v]#698,358