Re:Soylent on the latest Vice piece
by jw_ on Tuesday November 12, 2013 @05:44PM
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Military organizations already spend a lot of time and money on food, given its overwhelming importance in things like fighting wars. I suspect "Valley nerdchow-paste" is not going to do a lot to raise morale.
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Re:Soylent on the latest Vice piece
by jonnathanson on Tuesday November 12, 2013 @06:05PM
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"Military organizations already spend a lot of time and money on food, given its overwhelming importance in things like fighting wars"
Correct, which is why military branches are deep-pocketed potential buyers.
"I suspect "Valley nerdchow-paste" is not going to do a lot to raise morale."
In a military context it's not a meal replacement, per se. More of an emergency MRE or HDR replacement, provided it's more shelf stable and can compete on nutritional factors. (Big ifs, of course.) I don't disagree that morale is a concern, though. MREs are nasty, but they're at least attempting to be palatable within the confines of their purpose.
Re:Soylent on the latest Vice piece
by microtherion on Tuesday November 12, 2013 @09:04PM
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Indeed. Military organizations have learned over several millennia that serving unappealing food to heavily armed and lethally trained people is bound to lead to suboptimal outcomes.