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

Is it just the "nutritionally complete" bit?

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.

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.

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.

> 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.

Did you just describe Soylent?

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