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by whorleater
3640 days ago
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> 1) it can replace any meal 2) while not having to replace every meal, it certainly insinuates it can.. So...your beef with Soylent is that they insinuate that every meal can be replaced? You're free to enjoy food however you want, but you do realize just because they insinuate it, you don't have to follow that right? > So you are to tired to cook, but fit enough to run? And usually I have to get dressed, have to shower, back up my things, work over my schedule, activities where I can have something on the stove at the same time. If something needs 10 minutes to cook I am not staring into the pot for the duration. Not wanting to cook doesn't translate into an inability to cook. I'd much rather not spend the time in the morning if I don't need to, and Soylent allows more freedom in my schedule. |
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Their kick starter didn't insinuate this, it explicitly said you could use it as a 100% meal replacement.
Here's what happens in Soylent threads:
Someone says how great this new thing is, this new total meal replacement
Someone else says that liquid meal replacements are not new
Some people will say that they're not marketed as 100% liquid meal replacements (they are, to medical professionals)
Other people point out the problems of Soylent marketing ("puts everyone in perfect health"!!) and the problems with 100% liquid feeds (the risks are acceptable in ill people, but probably not in well people)
People then say that of course it's not a 100% meal replacement, and no-one would ever use it like that.
Soylent isn't new; the early marketing was amazingly irresponsible; and the early creation was irresponsible. They've pulled back from many of their earlier claims, and most people have stopped saying that it's a 100% meal replacement. So now we're left with a dull product that has no differentiation from all the other products on the market that have existed for many years.