Soylent - Who is this for?

[Slap47]

I hate how the Soylent meme became all about estrogen and how soy itself is evil and not about corporations and corporate drones trying to deprive people/themselves of the joys of eating for the sake of efficiency.

 

[Brahma]

It seems like it's a min/max thing for people who don't achieve highly enough to be worried about min/maxing.

Like I get protein shakes and energy gels and shit if you're lifting heavily or century riding every weekend but I've never seen someone drinking soylent that looks like they're doing that kind of thing. It's almost exclusively skinny fats who used to mainline bottles of starbucks chilled lattes.

Maybe starbucks is too basic these days and the consoomers have moved on. Dunno.

This theme could be a thread on its own actually. Another one I've come across is hikers/climbers who spend $8 a pop on high-nutrient mountaineering dehydrated foods for a three day camping/hike trip that's100% below the treeline.

 

[MembersSchoolPizza]

I tried a couple bottles of it a while back when I was having some dental issues and wanted something I didn't need to chew.

I was very much not impressed.

 

[Begemot]

I hate how the Soylent meme became all about estrogen and how soy itself is evil and not about corporations and corporate drones trying to deprive people/themselves of the joys of eating for the sake of efficiency.

It seems like it's a min/max thing for people who don't achieve highly enough to be worried about min/maxing.

Like I get protein shakes and energy gels and shit if you're lifting heavily or century riding every weekend but I've never seen someone drinking soylent that looks like they're doing that kind of thing. It's almost exclusively skinny fats who used to mainline bottles of starbucks chilled lattes.

Maybe starbucks is too basic these days and the consoomers have moved on. Dunno.

This theme could be a thread on its own actually. Another one I've come across is hikers/climbers who spend $8 a pop on high-nutrient mountaineering dehydrated foods for a three day camping/hike trip that's100% below the treeline.

It deffo looks more like neo-liberal drones trying to ape their 'efficient' superiors than fitness enthusiasts. Like Jack Dorsey apparently fasts for a whole day. Like food is too much trouble for people. The documentary about the autist who created this shows him to view food as something that slows people down, maybe just 'fuel' in its most basic sense. What a spiritless worldview.

 

[Gangster Talk]

Like I get protein shakes and energy gels and shit if you're lifting heavily or century riding every weekend but I've never seen someone drinking soylent that looks like they're doing that kind of thing. It's almost exclusively skinny fats who used to mainline bottles of starbucks chilled lattes.

Nah it's not for people concerned about macronutrients or shit like that, it's intended to be a meal replacement so you can get the necessary nutrients to survive without the "hassle" of preparing food. The marketing goes on about how you never have to wash dishes again etc. Gamers and streamers and the like gulp them down for this reason. It truly is worthy of all the derision it gets just because the bug people who consume it are genuinely enthused about something so dystopian, they are so fucking useless and lazy that they consider cooking or even ordering/eating out to be an unbearable chore and have lost touch with their humanity so much that they would rather consume some milky bottled slop than appreciate the simple pleasure of a warm meal.

 

[mucksnake]

I tried the plain Soylent powder. The shakes you make from it taste like uncooked pancake batter, and while I guess they technically have everything the body needs, so did that jizz-snot from The Matrix. Do not recommend.

 

[Schmeckel]

Just make your own.

 

[Madre Muerte]

We can give it to the Jews so the whites have more of the good food.

 

[The Potatomatic 2000]

Nah it's not for people concerned about macronutrients or shit like that, it's intended to be a meal replacement so you can get the necessary nutrients to survive without the "hassle" of preparing food. The marketing goes on about how you never have to wash dishes again etc. Gamers and streamers and the like gulp them down for this reason. It truly is worthy of all the derision it gets just because the bug people who consume it are genuinely enthused about something so dystopian, they are so fucking useless and lazy that they consider cooking or even ordering/eating out to be an unbearable chore and have lost touch with their humanity so much that they would rather consume some milky bottled slop than appreciate the simple pleasure of a warm meal.

I will sound like an old fart, but do we need people to be even more useless when it comes to physically making things? It's all click click type type, but the lazy fucks get flustered if they have to slice a fucking tomato. There is something satisfying about actually seeing a thing progress from random ingredients to a lovely meal through you physically manipulating them. But nah, just live in the world of abstract figures.

 

[Shadfan666xxx000]

I will sound like an old fart, but do we need people to be even more useless when it comes to physically making things? It's all click click type type, but the lazy fucks get flustered if they have to slice a fucking tomato. There is something satisfying about actually seeing a thing progress from random ingredients to a lovely meal through you physically manipulating them. But nah, just live in the world of abstract figures.

These people don't cook, their parents don't cook abd they barely knew grandma who probably barely cooked and hated teaching them. Hell, the only reason I even knew how to cook was by browbeating my mom and grandma so imagine how someone with a more agreeable personality would get by.

 

[Willie Thrills]

These people don't cook, their parents don't cook abd they barely knew grandma who probably barely cooked and hated teaching them. Hell, the only reason I even knew how to cook was by browbeating my mom and grandma so imagine how someone with a more agreeable personality would get by.

Pretty much this, there's also Google to help. Cost-effectiveness and use of spices is down to an individual.

 

[Drkinferno72]

it’s people!

The taste varies from person to person

 

[algiz]

they are so fucking useless and lazy that they consider cooking or even ordering/eating out to be an unbearable chore and have lost touch with their humanity so much that they would rather consume some milky bottled slop than appreciate the simple pleasure of a warm meal.

I tried this, or rather a similar product called "Huel" (Human fuel, get it?? GET IT??) a while ago. And I think there can be a place for a product like this, I would still get it if it wasn't entirely awful.
My reasoning was: I need to "eat" something at work, but I really don't want to take a break so I can leave earlier, leaving me with more time in the evening for exercise and musical practice. It's kinda spergy but It's like "Drink this, get some decent nutrients and don't feel hungry for the rest of the day" was a pretty great thing for my use-case.

But my god, it's awful. It's full of polyols and sweeteners to mask the taste of caulk and sawdust, which in turns gives you gas or the shits.
The common take is to "keep at it and it will get better", nigga, if I need to train my body to keep this shit down I'm not buying into it anymore. Ended up throwing it all out, eating granola bars at work and cooking at home.
It's beyond me how anyone could consume this shit on a regular basis, let alone multiple times per day.

 

[Dysnomia]

Remember when Vice did a story on them when they were first starting out and found rats in the factory and mold in the product? I do.

The guy who started Soylent has some kind of eating disorder. There was a documentary on Youtube. He needs help. He says he always hated food.

 

[Return of the Freaker]

How can you faggots have this thread and not include this? For shame.

 

[Slap47]

 

[DerKryptid]

Eco-conscious yuppies who later devolved into soyboys after years of misbreeding and radiation sickness

 

[Pimpleking55]

People who drink this shit are mentally deranged, it tastes like waste from the glue factory.
At the grocery store there are so many ready to eat meals and salads, only open the packaging and stick your fork in it.
But no lets drink artificial flavored paint, i tried it and couldn't finish the bottle, its awful.

The Soylent look.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

It makes me incredibly mad at the internet that some stupid hipster took the name for his fad health food product.

Reminds me of how it seems some think dystopian SF novels like Fahrenheit 451, Brave New World, or 1984 are instruction manuals.

 

[Fentanyl Floyd]