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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 wa

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.

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.