“The Fine Print” Comic by Reed Leviti – Episode 12
Below is this week’s edition of The Fine Print comic by Reed Leviti:
The Fine Print Comic Strip by Reed Leviti. Episode 12. May 14, 2026
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Reed Leviti
Reed Leviti is an artist living in the NYC Metro area. This comic series entitled "The Fine Print," Reed explores the humor of real life by taking a fresh look at the ordinary and obvious. With a degree in design from a prestiged Manhattan art program, Reed has worked in many areas of graphic design over his career. Reed's comic strips for "The Fine Print" range in topic and style, but the humor runs throughout. Reed Leviti explores the use of AI-assisted graphic design, utilizing Google Gemini for image generation. Reed has innovated the use of computer-assisted graphic design, from 8-bit machines to present-day AI. And, if you look Reed up anywhere, you won't find him. That's just a pseudonyn he chooses to go by.
hahaha I love it. The ones that think they can take the heat. hahaha
Wow..how did they get my avatar into that captcha thingy? That feels so 1984. Spooky A*!
Stay away from the booze…if you are imagining your picture in that mess of lines and dots I think its fair to say you are doing to much. That’s like when you hear voices in the fan blades. There’s nothing really there. You are just dreaming probly bc your bored with life and need new things to do.
The jars of the hottest type are a totally different kind of salsa sauce in the pictures here. I personally prefer the ones with large pieces of vegetables. That is like the freshly made kind but in reality the stuff you buy in the jars is never as good as the fresh. Here is a hint: Add some freshly chopped cilantro, onion, and garlic to the jar and eat it all with two people it is sufficient. You will thank me.
Non-Ethnic White guy here —
I buy the medium. My (White) girfriend prefers the mild heat. We bought the hot and we threw it out. Ruined our night. My gf was so sick and I got a migraine. And we just had like two chips with a tiny bit of sauce on each chip. Never again. There SHOULD be a warning like that.
Well this is not realistic I mean mild salsa is not 0% Chilies it is some chilies but not a whole lot now you also have medium which is more chilies and leaves a lingering heat in your mouth but the hot it is true is for the real deal folks who don’t just say they can take the heat they live it
Essentially, Reed is just poking fun at people who think they can eat hot foods but can’t.
I’m not sure it aligns with “People of Color” but the ethnic part 100% right on. I just don’t really have any black friends. TBH so I don’t know. Someone else chime in. But i do have many ethnic friends either way.
The ethnic people..part…and yes..of every shade…they all eat hot foods like they have some inner need for heat. I refrain.
I tried. I almost died. But they are immune so it they feel no pain.
Hot hot HOT foods? nah, I’ll pass now every time.
I don’t need to prove I’m a hero. being brave and standing up to peer pressure is e better example anyway.
“hot sauce in my bag, swag,”
say it allllllllllllll
Reed is making fun the white dudes who think they can eat hot foods bc of the contest you see like hot chip challenge but they are not really eating like that for real like people from many countries do and yes it seems ethnic people and peoples of color definitively take the lead in this.
I admit this is true. I learned my less and don’t mess with the hot sauce anymore.
THIS IS INACCURATE
MILD SALSA IS NOT ZERO PERCENT HOT
AND MEDIUM IS NOT .00000000000000000000000000% OR WHATEVER
THIS IS UNTRUE AND NOT FACT
Black Americans absolutely identify with hot sauce, and it is a proud, essential pillar of African American culinary history.
I am kindly and don’t try stressing others. White coworkers I always warn about my hot sauce at our potluck. Not trying to do anyone harm. I think white families eat more spicy than in the past. Social media helped blow up exotic ethnic tastes.
Yooooooooooooooooooooo
Not for nothing, but that Hot Salsa looks ****ing GROSS fam
I mean W T ****!!
GROSS… I feel like puking just looking at all those freaking CHUNKS. *GAG*
Is this comic right on? I for one know that this is true fact. My life shows me. I go to public school. WHite kisd definitely do not eat spicy.
These are lazy old memes. There is some truth but this is dated. Hot peppers have blown up.
Bhut jolokia (ghost pepper) are typically the spiciest.
And now people visit shops suited specifically to this very hot taste.
The Staten island mall even had a Hot Sauce shop but I think it has since closed?
HAHAHA We make jokes about this very thing. Being partially of South Asian ancestry I can definitely take the heat. The Hot salsa is mild to me. The hot is good with corn chips. But for a real hot sensation you have to eat Indian food. Totally different scale of hotness.
In the YouTube videos I’ve seen they do not serve the non-Indian individuals the same as the white or black customers. Even if they ask for hot they don’t make it that hot.
I am a Person of Color of African American ancestry. I can attest to the fact that hot sauce is a big part of Black culture here in the states.
But you want the facts on this? People of color and ethnic background always make their own salsa. 😉
Fresh is best.
As for heat level, well, it’s probably not suitable for someone who didn’t grow up encountering that hot sensation.
I keep a bottle of Hot Sauce in my dashboard glove-box. You never know.
Nowadays they have Hot Pepper sauce made from Ghost peppers which make the standard Chip dip Hot Salsa seem like ultra-mild.
[…] See last week’s episode here. […]
White guy here. 40 something.
I usually go with the Medium.
Just enough kick to feel nice.
The Hot variety is unpleasant.
Not so sure of the correlation with black people, though.
Ethnic? Mostly true.
But I get it. This is not meant to be conveying fact, just a gag.
HA HA
Actually had me LOL for first time in a while.
I think my wife is going to think I’m finally losing it.
W T *
White peeps can’t ever take the heat
why you lying
watch them vids by peeps like Comedy Lounge and the One Chips challenge
I noticed this growing up in intermediate and high school as well as in college. Now I am older and it is not so easy making friends.
But I do remember how it was. Meeting new girls and hanging out and meeting their sisters and families. Eating dinner with them. Sometimes breakfast if we were younger and I had slept over.
I learned very quickly to ask HOW HOT something is before diving right in. My Chinese friend took myself and another girl out with their entire family for a birthday party. This was in a restaurant in the back room portion. One long table. And I didn’t ask.
There were these black little shriveled up peppers on one chicken dish. I ate one bigger one! They were there just for flavoring. I guess some guests ate them? But after I ate one I was told by the relative sitting near me whom i did not even know to only eat them if I enjoy the really hot taste. I had never had anything so hot! I kept putting ice cubes in my mouth. They were very sympathetic. But they said just wait. It will get better. It did. But I did not enjoy the experience at all.
salsa is so gross
it’s funny bc it’s true
It’s fun when White friends come to eat at an ethnic dinner table. Can they take the heat? It’s not funny. You need to warn them and make sure they AVOID the dishes that will send them reeling. Don’t be unkind.
But., yeah, never thought of the foodways kinship between these disparate groups. Me? I can take the heat but don’t always buy that type since I have nothing to prove to anyone. Sometimes I am in the mood for mind. My choice. But yeaaaaaa I can take the heat…
I am an Italian American. I buy all three.
I buy Mild for when I have guests over. I don’t want them having a sh*tty time bc I served them snacks they can’t handle. For me, it is really not any heat.
I buy medium for myself usually. I can eat the entire jar with my sister and it is a nice mild heat level.
Sometimes I crave the Hot. Usually when I have a good action movie, sometimes best on a hot summer night ironically. Hot isn’t that hot. We make homemade peppers and they’re way hotter. And the Chinese dishes with the black peppers are hotter. So are many Indian dishes.
Hmm…I guess that it’s all about if your taste buds are accustomed to eating hot foods, and if you come from a culture where people eat this way, it’s no big deal.
This episode sounds so racist but my IRL experience shows this is actually somewhat true. I was a cashier for two years at a big supermarket. I’ve never seen Latino shoppers buying mild. Ever. Mostly the Hot. And yes, Mexican people apparently do buy pre-made salsa. 😐 What do I prefer? I like the Medium. Hot enough for me to enjoy, but not hot enough to make the experience regrettable and a rotten time.
I love salsa but I did notice the sharp upturn in heat level over the years as there are more and more shoppers seeking really hot sauces. Medium now is more like Hot was when i was in high school. I deal with it but it is slightly too hot for me.
So this is a diss of white ppl who are non-ethnic, right?
Too bad its true a* IRL.
The Hot look disgusting.
All pieces of pepper and so little tomato sauce or puree. I would puke trying to eat that. Also I am just a white Protestant and so I guess you probably already know I prefer the Mild variety of salsa dip.