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Rhinehart asserted from the start that Soylent was meant to replace shitty meals like the Big Mac consumed at your desk alone. There was and still is a lot of m

by nether 10y ago

Rhinehart asserted from the start that Soylent was meant to replace shitty meals like the Big Mac consumed at your desk alone. There was and still is a lot of misunderstanding about this. One of his interviews took place at some LA hipster fried chicken place. He's not antifood or antisocial.

eridius 10y ago
Really? When Soylent was first announced, I'm pretty sure I read something where Rhinehart was positioning Soylent as the primary source of meals, with the occasional real meal thrown in as a luxury.
- sjwright 10y ago
  Can't both be true for different people?
  - couchand 10y ago
    No, this particular question has an empirical answer.
rgbrenner 10y ago
He asserted this from the start??? Here's the Tilt crowdfunding page: https://wayback.archive.org/web/20141012152640/https://crowdtilt.soylent.me/soylent-free-your-body https://wayback.archive.org/web/20141012152640/https://crowd... Note, it's titled "Soylent Free Your Body". Here are some phrases in the short post: "What if you never had to worry about food again?" "Soylent frees you from the time and money spent shopping, cooking and cleaning, puts you in excellent health, and vastly reduces your environmental impact by eliminating much of the waste and harm coming from agriculture, livestock, and food-related trash." Packages available: $255 One month supply of Soylent We'll ship enough soylent to fully replace one month's worth of meals This is after he went on a 30 day experiment titled "How I Stopped Eating Food" http://robrhinehart.com/?p=298 http://robrhinehart.com/?p=298
- batbomb 10y ago
  Don't forget: "Soylent™ was developed from a need for a simpler food source." "No need to shop for individual ingredients or plan ahead" (I think this one was Mealsquares) "You’ve got more important things to do than worry about food." "Enjoy a 26 hour day" I wrote a parody post based on the marketing on the web page and my own personal outrage with the claims: https://medium.com/@__1/on-food-and-not-cooking-4c9fba0d2d20 https://medium.com/@__1/on-food-and-not-cooking-4c9fba0d2d20 I still believe my note is true: Note: Neither Soylent nor Mealsquares make any public claims that I could find, beneficial or otherwise, about using their product for the complete nutrition of women, especially those expecting or nursing, children, teenagers, the elderly, or people with medical conditions, including malnutrition. I think it’s probably optimized for healthy males, aged 20–40-ish, or in the words of Soylent: “All Adults”, but I don’t have a B.S. in Electrical Engineering like Rob, so I probably shouldn’t comment. Please proceed at your own risk just in case.
batbomb 10y ago
https://vimeo.com/107941191 https://vimeo.com/107941191

by nether 10y ago

eridius 10y ago

Really? When Soylent was first announced, I'm pretty sure I read something where Rhinehart was positioning Soylent as the primary source of meals, with the occasional real meal thrown in as a luxury.

sjwright 10y ago
Can't both be true for different people?
- couchand 10y ago
  No, this particular question has an empirical answer.

rgbrenner 10y ago

He asserted this from the start??? Here's the Tilt crowdfunding page: https://wayback.archive.org/web/20141012152640/https://crowdtilt.soylent.me/soylent-free-your-body https://wayback.archive.org/web/20141012152640/https://crowd... Note, it's titled "Soylent Free Your Body". Here are some phrases in the short post: "What if you never had to worry about food again?" "Soylent frees you from the time and money spent shopping, cooking and cleaning, puts you in excellent health, and vastly reduces your environmental impact by eliminating much of the waste and harm coming from agriculture, livestock, and food-related trash." Packages available: $255 One month supply of Soylent We'll ship enough soylent to fully replace one month's worth of meals This is after he went on a 30 day experiment titled "How I Stopped Eating Food" http://robrhinehart.com/?p=298 http://robrhinehart.com/?p=298

batbomb 10y ago
Don't forget: "Soylent™ was developed from a need for a simpler food source." "No need to shop for individual ingredients or plan ahead" (I think this one was Mealsquares) "You’ve got more important things to do than worry about food." "Enjoy a 26 hour day" I wrote a parody post based on the marketing on the web page and my own personal outrage with the claims: https://medium.com/@__1/on-food-and-not-cooking-4c9fba0d2d20 https://medium.com/@__1/on-food-and-not-cooking-4c9fba0d2d20 I still believe my note is true: Note: Neither Soylent nor Mealsquares make any public claims that I could find, beneficial or otherwise, about using their product for the complete nutrition of women, especially those expecting or nursing, children, teenagers, the elderly, or people with medical conditions, including malnutrition. I think it’s probably optimized for healthy males, aged 20–40-ish, or in the words of Soylent: “All Adults”, but I don’t have a B.S. in Electrical Engineering like Rob, so I probably shouldn’t comment. Please proceed at your own risk just in case.

batbomb 10y ago

https://vimeo.com/107941191 https://vimeo.com/107941191