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I'm someone who loves food. I enjoy cooking wonderful meals. Almost every day I spend twenty to thirty minutes making lunch. It's not uncommon for me to spend a

I'm someone who loves food. I enjoy cooking wonderful meals. Almost every day I spend twenty to thirty minutes making lunch. It's not uncommon for me to spend an hour or two making dinner. Generally, I'm pretty confident that my diet is "healthy." But, when thinking about Soylent, people seem to be comparing it to perfection. Why not compare it to some other things. For example, would it be healthier to have a burger, fries, and a milkshake from McDonalds, or to drink Soylent? Isn't the answer obvious? Even as someone that regularly eats healthy meals, I still occasionally find it hard to have a healthy meal. Whether or not Soylent should be a complete replacement for food, it's probably a great replacement for so much of the garbage junk food that many people eat very, very, regularly. Maybe someday Soylent will put fast food out of business. The benefits would be obvious.

hueving 12y ago
>Maybe someday Soylent will put fast food out of business. The benefits would be obvious. Not as long as fast food continues to taste as good as it does. While soylent covers the nutritional portion, it doesn't have the flavors that are in fast food. People like to complain that fast food tastes like crap, but there is a huge chunk of the population (including me) that loves the flavors of burgers, fries, pizza, wings, etc. I rarely choose fast food because of the speed/convenience. Microwavable meals already beat them in that regard.
DanBC 12y ago
You make reasonable points. Why do people compare Soylent to perfection? Here's what they said when fund-raising: > "You can finally join the easy, healthy, and affordable future of nutrition." > "What if you never had to worry about food again?" > "For anyone that struggles with allergies, heartburn, acid reflux or digestion, has trouble controlling weight or cholesterol, or simply doesn't have the means to eat well, soylent is for you." > "Soylent frees you from the time and money spent shopping, cooking and cleaning, puts you in excellent health," >"By taking years to spoil" >"there is much evidence that it is considerably healthier than a typical diet." Soylent invites comparisons to existing replacement meal products (there are many) and makes false claims.

hueving 12y ago

>Maybe someday Soylent will put fast food out of business. The benefits would be obvious. Not as long as fast food continues to taste as good as it does. While soylent covers the nutritional portion, it doesn't have the flavors that are in fast food. People like to complain that fast food tastes like crap, but there is a huge chunk of the population (including me) that loves the flavors of burgers, fries, pizza, wings, etc. I rarely choose fast food because of the speed/convenience. Microwavable meals already beat them in that regard.

DanBC 12y ago

You make reasonable points. Why do people compare Soylent to perfection? Here's what they said when fund-raising: > "You can finally join the easy, healthy, and affordable future of nutrition." > "What if you never had to worry about food again?" > "For anyone that struggles with allergies, heartburn, acid reflux or digestion, has trouble controlling weight or cholesterol, or simply doesn't have the means to eat well, soylent is for you." > "Soylent frees you from the time and money spent shopping, cooking and cleaning, puts you in excellent health," >"By taking years to spoil" >"there is much evidence that it is considerably healthier than a typical diet." Soylent invites comparisons to existing replacement meal products (there are many) and makes false claims.