Soylent users are a cult

Posted by newtype_ on Friday November 09, 2018 @08:53PM
from the self-post dept.

Head on over to r/soylent and mention that the swill causes upset stomache and you just get the entire sub telling you are full of shit and your body is broken.

The stuff goes down terribly (upset stomach, retching & hacking) for many users I've known irl and online, but all discussion of it online meets a fucking cortège of white knight yuppies protesting for a shitty SV startup - who have actively poisoned its userbase at least once.

It's actually insane.

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Re:Soylent users are a cult by SCAQTony on Friday November 09, 2018 @09:05PM (#18419536)

Every time I say something negative about Soylent here at Hacker News I get voted down hard. But I will say it again: Soylent has not even come close to making a product that can compete nutritionally with goat milk, cow milk or arguably even coconut milk! In fact it is most likely bad for you.

https://www.nateliason.com/blog/soylent

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Re:Soylent users are a cult by EvilMonkeyMat on Friday November 09, 2018 @10:41PM (#18419801)

Can I upvote twice?

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Re:Soylent users are a cult by ggm on Friday November 09, 2018 @10:36PM (#18419783)

It would take a remarkably optimistic view of nutrition and digestion to believe you can fabricate a balanced diet better than grazing on available real food sources. It may win on convenience for some, but I worry about the downside penalties of any mis-understanding of what bioavailability means.

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