Re:The Soylent Revolution Will Not Be Pleasurable
by bignaj on Wednesday May 28, 2014 @09:50PM
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I think it speaks to some other problem if people think eating is a hassle. Eating is super important to live, determines a lot of your health and most people here have missed that it is also a very important social interaction. Maybe this is the HN bubble but eating is not just about sustenance. Could you get someone who is not a workaholic tech employee to eat this willingly? Somehow I doubt it.
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Re:The Soylent Revolution Will Not Be Pleasurable
by baddox on Wednesday May 28, 2014 @10:46PM
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> Maybe this is the HN bubble but eating is not just about sustenance.
It is only about sustenance for some people. Many (probably most) people enjoy a lot of the food preparation and eating process. Others, myself included, do not. Maybe it's because my sense of taste or smell is stunted. Maybe it's because I'm socially underdeveloped. So be it. It's certainly not because I'm a workaholic tech employee, even if I currently am, because it has been the case as long as I can remember. Whatever the reason, I really don't enjoy the experience of preparing or eating food.
Re:The Soylent Revolution Will Not Be Pleasurable
by bignaj on Thursday May 29, 2014 @03:04PM
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I think you are correct... this is for a niche market.
Re:The Soylent Revolution Will Not Be Pleasurable
by sp332 on Wednesday May 28, 2014 @09:52PM
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Tons of people grab breakfast or lunch "on the go". It's not just workaholics. And for the 20 minutes some people get to talk over lunch, soylent would work just as well as a tub of yogurt and an apple.
Re:The Soylent Revolution Will Not Be Pleasurable
by mikeloeb on Wednesday May 28, 2014 @10:02PM
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Speaking of the tech bubble, how come no one has mentioned products like this [0] which have been around for decades?
[0] http://www.amazon.com/Carnation-Breakfast-Essentials-Chocola...
Re:The Soylent Revolution Will Not Be Pleasurable
by bignaj on Wednesday May 28, 2014 @10:10PM
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I have a gastrointestinal condition and had to eat exactly that for a while. The main problem is the taste is not so good, it has no texture, it's boring and there is no variety. It doesn't feel like eating. After a month of drinking that stuff for meals I almost wanted to break down and cry.