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It plays into a relatively new desire for all things quantified and automated. It does this - it allows for granular control over input, but it removes all of
by nkozyra 12y ago
It plays into a relatively new desire for all things quantified and automated. It does this - it allows for granular control over input, but it removes all of the inherent joy of eating. It's not a good trade-off for most people, but appeals to experimenters.
The only appeal for me would be removing the time constraints of cooking or dining out. To be honest, cooking is a huge time sink and dining out isn't a whole lot better.
- Kalium 12y agoPersonally, I found that the granular control is huge for dieting.
- nkozyra 12y agoOf course. But it doesn't preclude eating, yknow, food.
- batbomb 12y agoConsidering many people on this HN are, well, hackers, and can spend a ton of time coding, optimizing, etc... often even evangelizing coding for everyday people, I feel like this is the lazy answer. Which is fine; there's nothing inherently wrong with being lazy or ignorant about cooking. But evangelism about Soylent freeing up ones time is silly, all things considered. It's not for everyone, it's not for families, it's not even formulated for women, the elderly, children, or generally for people with nutritional needs that deviate from those of a 30 year old male. It's for the lazy dude who doesn't want to cook.
- Retra 12y agoNot wanting to cook doesn't make you lazy. There are a billion interesting things to do in the world.