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>> Soylent is for meals you don't care about but need Thanks god for creating apples and bananas and thanks the grocery stores for selling them all the year ro

>> Soylent is for meals you don't care about but need Thanks god for creating apples and bananas and thanks the grocery stores for selling them all the year round. And thanks the Germans for putting a bakery on every corner.

akvadrako 10y ago
Those are not nutritionally complete, fruits go bad and most people don't live next to an open bakery.
- NumberCruncher 10y ago
  Not all of your meals has to be "nutritionally complete". You can store apples during the whole winter if you have below 0 degrees outside. We did it when I was young. Quality of life does not starts with a 6 digit salary and ends with working on the next Uber for X. Living in the right country/city with the right people can case you a lot of happiness. I know because I was born behind the iron curtain.
  - akvadrako 10y ago
    So instead of Soylent you are suggesting people live in the right country/city with the right people? Uh-huh.
    - NumberCruncher 10y ago
      Not exactly. Insted of drinking Soylent go to a nearby shop and by some apples and rye bread. If there are any shops... you maybe just found a market gap. Opening one you could make your city to a better place for living.
      - DanBC 10y ago
        Food deserts in the US are pretty common. That makes it harder for people to get nutritious, cheap, fresh food.
  - mcv 10y ago
    > Not all of your meals has to be "nutritionally complete". But is that really a reason to argue against nutritionally complete meals? Healthy is still better than unhealthy. I suppose the choice becomes healthy or tasty at some point.
    - NumberCruncher 10y ago
      I am saying that "nutritionally complete meals" try to solve a problem you do not actually have. Please feel free to consider this as an argument against Soylent.
      - mcv 10y ago
        Why is that not an existing problem? Is all nutrition bogus? Or does everybody magically end up with balanced nutrition without trying? I think a lot of people eat very unhealthy, especially people who have no time to cook a proper meal. Something that helps them eat more nutritionally balanced food could do them a lot of good.
        NumberCruncher 10y ago
        Nutritionally complete meals and nutritionally complete diet are not the same. You can have a balanced, nutritionally complete diet without nutritionally complete meals if you mix them well. Unfortunatelly this is not an 100 M$ idea. >> people who have no time to cook a proper meal Are we talking about the same people they spend daily 4+ hours wathing TV?
        mcv 10y ago
        I think we're talking about people who spend 12+ hours coding.
- dragonwriter 10y ago
  If it's not a single source food, you don't need it to be complete. An occasional gap filler can be substantially unbalanced on its own without affecting overall balance much.
pjc50 10y ago
Our office has the traditional free soda .. and, amazingly, free fruit. Delivered by local grocers. Not that a crate of bananas in winter is "local". I'd quite like to have a good portable locally sold lunch option that doesn't have bread of some sort in, but the only option seems to be soup.

akvadrako 10y ago

Those are not nutritionally complete, fruits go bad and most people don't live next to an open bakery.

NumberCruncher 10y ago
Not all of your meals has to be "nutritionally complete". You can store apples during the whole winter if you have below 0 degrees outside. We did it when I was young. Quality of life does not starts with a 6 digit salary and ends with working on the next Uber for X. Living in the right country/city with the right people can case you a lot of happiness. I know because I was born behind the iron curtain.
- akvadrako 10y ago
  So instead of Soylent you are suggesting people live in the right country/city with the right people? Uh-huh.
  - NumberCruncher 10y ago
    Not exactly. Insted of drinking Soylent go to a nearby shop and by some apples and rye bread. If there are any shops... you maybe just found a market gap. Opening one you could make your city to a better place for living.
    - DanBC 10y ago
      Food deserts in the US are pretty common. That makes it harder for people to get nutritious, cheap, fresh food.
- mcv 10y ago
  > Not all of your meals has to be "nutritionally complete". But is that really a reason to argue against nutritionally complete meals? Healthy is still better than unhealthy. I suppose the choice becomes healthy or tasty at some point.
  - NumberCruncher 10y ago
    I am saying that "nutritionally complete meals" try to solve a problem you do not actually have. Please feel free to consider this as an argument against Soylent.
    - mcv 10y ago
      Why is that not an existing problem? Is all nutrition bogus? Or does everybody magically end up with balanced nutrition without trying? I think a lot of people eat very unhealthy, especially people who have no time to cook a proper meal. Something that helps them eat more nutritionally balanced food could do them a lot of good.
      - NumberCruncher 10y ago
        Nutritionally complete meals and nutritionally complete diet are not the same. You can have a balanced, nutritionally complete diet without nutritionally complete meals if you mix them well. Unfortunatelly this is not an 100 M$ idea. >> people who have no time to cook a proper meal Are we talking about the same people they spend daily 4+ hours wathing TV?
        mcv 10y ago
        I think we're talking about people who spend 12+ hours coding.
dragonwriter 10y ago
If it's not a single source food, you don't need it to be complete. An occasional gap filler can be substantially unbalanced on its own without affecting overall balance much.

pjc50 10y ago

Our office has the traditional free soda .. and, amazingly, free fruit. Delivered by local grocers. Not that a crate of bananas in winter is "local". I'd quite like to have a good portable locally sold lunch option that doesn't have bread of some sort in, but the only option seems to be soup.