Soylent Month Three

Re:Soylent Month Three by rafski on Thursday April 25, 2013 @05:24PM (#5609973)

I'm amazed with how much response this guy gets. This is nothing new. My mother used Herbalife protein powder back in the 90's and it was packed with nutrients, minerals and vitamins. It was advertised for weight loss but could also be your nutrition base depending on dosage.

I am sure they weren't the only company to offer something like this, there must be plenty.

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Re:Soylent Month Three by agilescale on Thursday April 25, 2013 @09:04PM (#5610917)

It must be because:

a. Somebody bothered to post the initial announcement of this guy

b. He describes his process in detail

c. He's a Software Engineer; it would be disingenuous to think that the fact that he's a peer for the members of this audience isn't a factor

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Re:Soylent Month Three by zevyoura on Thursday April 25, 2013 @05:37PM (#5610065)

I think a large part of its draw on this site is that he's packaged the ideas from the 'hacker' perspective. It's an interesting thought experiment to think of other slightly dated but mainstream activities could do with a similar treatment.

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Re:Soylent Month Three by lost_name on Thursday April 25, 2013 @05:56PM (#5610172)

I am positively frustrated that more people don't realize this. Amazon has hundreds of results for "meal replacement shakes" right now.

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Re:Soylent Month Three by saulrh on Friday April 26, 2013 @04:03AM (#5611920)

If I remember correctly, someone addressed this pretty early on with an argument that hinged on economics. I'm going from memory, but I think that living off of the prepackaged predecessors would be either unworkable (not comprehensive nutrition) or prohibitively expensive (treated as medical supplies rather than food).

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