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Man I love food. I love the engagement with the senses, the stories about its origin ingredients, the way those ingredients get put together into a meal that can be enjoyed with more than one person. Soylent strikes me as something I would've been into before I learned all that.

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Have you ever scarfed down a bagel rushing to work, or eaten lunch at your desk, or heated up mediocre leftovers?

You're forcing a false dichotomy.

Moving your "non hedonic sustantive" eating to soylent or the like doesn't mean you have to abandon "hedonic social" eating.

Great point

Not everyone is or wants to be a foodie.

Exactly. I find cooking to be a tiresome, annoying chore that cuts into time I could be using on other pursuits.

This is perfect for me.

Most people are on the middle path here—they love food, putting great meals together with friends, eating at fancy restaurants, etc. But, thinking about this 2-3x a day is a bit much for a lot of modern people.

You don't have to be a foodie to like the taste of food.

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