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by icebraining 4414 days ago
People are "hooked" on this because it's something they want (a meal-replacement) or find interesting.

You say it's a bad idea, but don't explain why. I can believe it's a bad implementation, but that's exactly why people are interested in Soylent: they want to know if it works, if it's safe, etc.