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I've never really understood the obsession with heavily processed "glop" like Huel and stuff, which all has "with Protein!" stuck on it. Why not just eat food?

dtdynasty 2mo ago
It's just convenient to mix in shaker bottle and have food sometimes. I feel like for people who eat to live [1] it's clearly saves time. [1] as opposed to live to eat
BugsJustFindMe 2mo ago
> "Why not just eat food?" Why not just do [less convenient thing] instead of [more convenient thing]? Well, convenience, of course. > "I've never really understood" You only need to understand that different people can have different priorities and desires. > "the obsession ... glop ... stuck on ... why not just" All you're doing here is using negative framing to pretend that your own priorities are more real than someone else's.
- ErroneousBosh 2mo ago
  > You only need to understand that different people can have different priorities and desires. Evolutionarily, food is our absolute number one priority. It's hardcoded into the thought processes of every animal. Can you describe anything that is more important than food?
  - BugsJustFindMe 2mo ago
    The "glop", as you put it, is also food. It has the same nutritive components and addresses the same hunger signals and fuels the body's same energy-production requirements. You just don't like it. See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_nature https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_nature and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_consensus_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_consensus_effect and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_projection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_projection and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemophobia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemophobia
    - ErroneousBosh 2mo ago
      It's expensive, it's not pleasant to eat, and it's not good for you. Why are you wasting time with it?
      - BugsJustFindMe 2mo ago
        > "It's expensive" You don't like it. > "it's not pleasant to eat" You don't like it. > "and it's not good for you." You don't like it. > "wasting time" You don't like it. Possibly also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthorexia_nervosa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthorexia_nervosa None of your complaints make it not food. They just mean you don't know how to differentiate between your personal subjective preferences and correctness and it makes you sound snooty.
        dofm 2mo ago
        > Possibly also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthorexia_nervosa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthorexia_nervosa That is a bit of a reach! Anyone who doesn't like your weird sci-fi food on principle possibly has an eating disorder?
      - Apocryphon 2mo ago
        Presumably those who eat it find the form factor the opposite of wasting time, given how quick it is to consume it.
Apocryphon 2mo ago
Presumably for some who are under specific exercise or diet regimens, it makes tracking macros more easy.
rudy6912 2mo ago
> I've never really understood the obsession with heavily processed "glop" like Huel and stuff [...] I've never really understood the obsession with one particular kind of food being "the true food". > Why not just eat food? Wait, what? Huel is food, by definition.
- ErroneousBosh 2mo ago
  Well, if you consider intensely sugary pea soup to be food, yes.
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  - BugsJustFindMe 2mo ago
    Literally https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman > "intensely sugary" Sugary foods exist. > "pea soup" Pea soup also exists. And if someone wants to put sugar into their pea soup, that can also exist. You complain about obsessions, but it seems like you may have an obsession about what other people should want.

dtdynasty 2mo ago

It's just convenient to mix in shaker bottle and have food sometimes. I feel like for people who eat to live [1] it's clearly saves time. [1] as opposed to live to eat

BugsJustFindMe 2mo ago

> "Why not just eat food?" Why not just do [less convenient thing] instead of [more convenient thing]? Well, convenience, of course. > "I've never really understood" You only need to understand that different people can have different priorities and desires. > "the obsession ... glop ... stuck on ... why not just" All you're doing here is using negative framing to pretend that your own priorities are more real than someone else's.

ErroneousBosh 2mo ago
> You only need to understand that different people can have different priorities and desires. Evolutionarily, food is our absolute number one priority. It's hardcoded into the thought processes of every animal. Can you describe anything that is more important than food?
- BugsJustFindMe 2mo ago
  The "glop", as you put it, is also food. It has the same nutritive components and addresses the same hunger signals and fuels the body's same energy-production requirements. You just don't like it. See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_nature https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_nature and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_consensus_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_consensus_effect and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_projection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_projection and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemophobia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemophobia
  - ErroneousBosh 2mo ago
    It's expensive, it's not pleasant to eat, and it's not good for you. Why are you wasting time with it?
    - BugsJustFindMe 2mo ago
      > "It's expensive" You don't like it. > "it's not pleasant to eat" You don't like it. > "and it's not good for you." You don't like it. > "wasting time" You don't like it. Possibly also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthorexia_nervosa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthorexia_nervosa None of your complaints make it not food. They just mean you don't know how to differentiate between your personal subjective preferences and correctness and it makes you sound snooty.
      - dofm 2mo ago
        > Possibly also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthorexia_nervosa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthorexia_nervosa That is a bit of a reach! Anyone who doesn't like your weird sci-fi food on principle possibly has an eating disorder?
    - Apocryphon 2mo ago
      Presumably those who eat it find the form factor the opposite of wasting time, given how quick it is to consume it.

Apocryphon 2mo ago

Presumably for some who are under specific exercise or diet regimens, it makes tracking macros more easy.

rudy6912 2mo ago

> I've never really understood the obsession with heavily processed "glop" like Huel and stuff [...] I've never really understood the obsession with one particular kind of food being "the true food". > Why not just eat food? Wait, what? Huel is food, by definition.

ErroneousBosh 2mo ago
Well, if you consider intensely sugary pea soup to be food, yes.
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- BugsJustFindMe 2mo ago
  Literally https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman > "intensely sugary" Sugary foods exist. > "pea soup" Pea soup also exists. And if someone wants to put sugar into their pea soup, that can also exist. You complain about obsessions, but it seems like you may have an obsession about what other people should want.