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Spice, or rather the levels thereof
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There's worldwide ratings, notably the Scoville scale, and then there's personal ones.

The Sam Scale

Pithier title pending.

#	Description	Examples
0	No perceptable spice	Water, plain white rice, country-club Butter Chicken
1	Takes active attention to notice	Costco-brand Butter Chicken sauce
1.5		black pepper
2	Easily notable but not uncomfortable	Canadian Pepperoni, Costco Tikka Masala
2.5		Royal Jamaican Ginger Beer, Dill Chips
3	Mildly uncomfortable but bearable	Kettle-brand Pepperoncini chips, The garlic sticks from that one punjabi pizza place (although that might have been some kind of cross-contamination from the curry pizza? It seems weird for garlic sticks to be spicy but this is me we’re talking about), Calabrese Picante Salame
4	Uncomfortable but offsetable by other factors	Tostitos Salsa Con Queso ("Medium"), Lays Jalapeño Cheddar, miss Vicky’s spicy dill pickle chips
5	Would not choose to eat, a challenge	That Butter Chicken @Nat20 made from scratch once, Kettle brand Habanero Lime chips
5.5		Frank’s Red Hot
6	Unbearable, impossible, could not eat	A Raw Jalapeño

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The Nat Scale

Note: This scale excludes things that can be perceived as spicy but produce a different chemical reaction due to Allyl Isothiocyanate, piperine, or other compounds other than Capsaicin. Capsaicin is an easier and more predictable measure. Things like horseradish or ginger, for example, produce an entirely different reaction and are therefore not comparable to Capsaicin based spices.

#	Description	Examples
0	No perceptable spice	Mild or medium salsa, Kettle-brand Pepperoncini chips, Buffalo sauce, ground cayenne pepper, ground chili powder, Tabasco (even though it's gross), Cholula, poblano peppers, Doritos "Sweet Chili Heat"
1	Takes active attention to notice	"Hot" salsa, Sriracha, pepperoncini peppers, banana peppers, Takis, Sambal Oelek
2	Easily notable but not uncomfortable	Habanero based Hot sauces, a straight up jalapeno* (with one exception, refer to note below), most Buldak noodles, scotch bonnet pepper based hot sauces, thai chilis (cut up in a sauce)
3	Mildly uncomfortable but enjoyable	Buldak hot sauce, Ghost pepper based hot sauces, Carolina Reaper based hot sauces
3.5	Mildly uncomfortable but bearable	Paqui Haunted Ghost Pepper Tortilla Chips, Buldak Noodles (the black package one)
4	Uncomfortable but offsetable by other factors	The Last Dab Hot Sauce, Suicide Wings (the kind you need to sign a waiver to eat)
4.5	Very uncomfortable, produced tears, would still eat again	The "make it how you would make it" Thai food I asked for in the food court in Chinook mall one time, a jalapeno I ate for a spicy food challenge for students that was incredibly potent (I was filmed as well, which was embarrassing to get wrecked on camera by a silly little jalapeno*)
5	Would not choose to eat, a challenge	An entire carolina reaper pepper, The One Chip Challenge
6	Unbearable, impossible, could not eat	Straight up Capsaicin