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0 pointsgarry12y ago0 comments

Most people would regard riding a horse as a pleasant thing to do in leisure time, but most today would also balk at the idea of having to care, feed, and maintain a horse to get to work every single day.

I realize this is anathema (I love food as much as anyone else) but there are moments in my life where I'd like to code or create things rather than worry too much about my next meal.

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DanBC12y ago

What do you find appealing about Soylent compared to a bag of salad and a ready meal?

Is it just the "nutritionally complete" bit?

papsosouid12y ago

A bag of salad goes bad very quickly, I can't keep it on hand for whenever I need it. Frozen crap meals are clearly less healthy than soylent, and are also more effort to prepare.

vecinu12y ago

I'm sorry but I find that a poor example.

You have to maintain a car, feed it (oil/diesel/electricity) and care for it (regular washing), otherwise it will go the 'way of the horse' ...

I agree with you on your last statement but I don't think soylent is a solution to that problem. I don't think a formula will have the nutritious benefit of a manually prepared fresh meal.

abstractbill12y ago

It's a great example. Cars started out needing much more maintenance than they do now, but they're steadily getting better, and so should food.

jenius12y ago

> I don't think soylent is a solution to that problem. I don't think a formula will have the nutritious benefit of a manually prepared fresh meal.

This is a silly thing to say, honestly. It's unscientific in every possible way, and honestly sounds like saying "I don't think there's any way there's not a god" to defend religion.

It's worth giving it a shot, or doing research to prove or disprove it, but wild speculation is not the way to approach this one, imho.

vecinu12y ago

Did you just describe Soylent?

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DanBC12y ago

What do you find appealing about Soylent compared to a bag of salad and a ready meal?

Is it just the "nutritionally complete" bit?

papsosouid12y ago

A bag of salad goes bad very quickly, I can't keep it on hand for whenever I need it. Frozen crap meals are clearly less healthy than soylent, and are also more effort to prepare.

vecinu12y ago

I'm sorry but I find that a poor example.

You have to maintain a car, feed it (oil/diesel/electricity) and care for it (regular washing), otherwise it will go the 'way of the horse' ...

I agree with you on your last statement but I don't think soylent is a solution to that problem. I don't think a formula will have the nutritious benefit of a manually prepared fresh meal.

abstractbill12y ago

It's a great example. Cars started out needing much more maintenance than they do now, but they're steadily getting better, and so should food.

jenius12y ago

> I don't think soylent is a solution to that problem. I don't think a formula will have the nutritious benefit of a manually prepared fresh meal.

This is a silly thing to say, honestly. It's unscientific in every possible way, and honestly sounds like saying "I don't think there's any way there's not a god" to defend religion.

It's worth giving it a shot, or doing research to prove or disprove it, but wild speculation is not the way to approach this one, imho.

vecinu12y ago

Did you just describe Soylent?

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse