The problem becomes that unless they actually have legit peppers or hot sauce, just throwing in more thai chilis and cayenne has a diminishing return. I can eat thai chilis and habaneros raw without much problem. Ironically, being a dedicated spice lover means it all comes back full circle once you accept that even proper "Indian spicy" or "thai spicy" just isn't going to be shit unless they have some exotic ingredients in the back.
The last thing which made me properly tap out was chicken wings coated in 1-2M scoville sauce (basically reapers, vinegar and salt). At a hot wing contest. And now I've been through three of those bottles since then so it really feels like there are no more mountains to climb, outside of these dumb events where they are basically tossing wings in bear spray at this point.