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Soylent is a solution for the type of person that doesnt value the ritual of food prep and consumption

That's true, but not necessarily so. I value the ritual of going to the comic book store and browsing. But I don't value comics so much that I want to bag and collect them obsessively for hours on end. Likewise, I do value the ritual of food/coffee prep. But I don't want it to consume more than 15% of my daily allotment of time and energy. My priorities just aren't set up like that.

So you can also think of Soylent as a way to control that daily allotment.