Soylent started shipping (at last) - still no International though :(

[AntiThesis]

Didn't see another thread anywhere along here but Soylent started shipping at long, long last. Still no concrete date for International orders but it looks like Canada will get "by the end of 2014" so I suppose that probably means SA gets in 2016 or so.

If you want to read the thread and see some very upset people and some very happy people:

http://discourse.soylent.me/t/soylent-shipping-details/12248/55

If you just asked "What is soylent?" - https://campaign.soylent.me/soylent-free-your-body

I'd be interested to hear any thoughts actually - I'm pretty keen but it looks like it'll take a while.

 

[Nerfherder]

Looked for about 30 mins.

WHAT IS SOYLENT (green) ????

 

[cerebus]

Oh, speed the day when I can eat a chalky green sludge every day of my life.

 

[Fudzy]

Oh, speed the day when I can eat a chalky green sludge every day of my life.

Lol I was wondering the same thing. Do people not enjoy food anymore? Is eating now just something we do to survive? I don't want to live in that world.

 

[Batista]

First ingredient - Maltodextrin

This looks like a glorified protein shake.

 

[Beachless]

Lol I was wondering the same thing. Do people not enjoy food anymore? Is eating now just something we do to survive? I don't want to live in that world.

I think its for people who dont have time or are too lazy to make a decent well balanced meal and then just buy fast food. But its really not that hard to make a decent meal and actually enjoy what you are eating.

 

[ToxicBunny]

As a replacement for meals.. this is not necessarily a bad thing, but at $3.10 per "meal"... its a bit too expensive in my opinion.

 

[cerebus]

I think its for people who dont have time or are too lazy to make a decent well balanced meal and then just buy fast food. But its really not that hard to make a decent meal and actually enjoy what you are eating.

The ambitions are much bigger than that. It's meant as a full meal replacement in a world where food shortages are becoming a reality. But as fudzy said, I don't want to live in a world where we're forced to glug down this pallid evox lookalike every day in place of real food.

 

[FNfal]

Looked for about 30 mins.

WHAT IS SOYLENT (green) ????

That movie put me off eating any thing i could not definitely identify .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVpN312hYgU

 

[Beachless]

The ambitions are much bigger than that. It's meant as a full meal replacement in a world where food shortages are becoming a reality. But as fudzy said, I don't want to live in a world where we're forced to glug down this pallid evox lookalike every day in place of real food.

Even then I am sure crumbed deep fried crickets with a vitamin enriched maize side will be healthier, taste better and be cheaper.

 

[cerebus]

Even then I am sure crumbed deep fried crickets with a vitamin enriched maize side will be healthier, taste better and be cheaper.

Algae is also becoming a very promising nutritional candidate.

 

[Garson007]

McD's is cheaper.

 

[MisterFortySomething]

So they name it "Soylent" and expect people to eat/drink it?

 

[AntiThesis]

Hah, yes - it does seem a little grim but I'm keen to try it. Mainly for sustenance and not enjoyment - I often really, really don't have time to cook anything which means I end up either eating bread or if it's closer to payday, some kind of fast food. Soylent is the answer to that although (as pointed out by someone), it's bloody expensive at the moment. $3.10 a meal is no joke - the hope is that as there's more adoption, the manufacturing process will become cheaper.

There are a number of people who've been on it and have been perfectly happy. The community is pretty open about everything up to and including poop, sex drive and taste.

edited to add: I'd eat Soylent green so the name doesn't bother me

 

[cerebus]

Hah, yes - it does seem a little grim but I'm keen to try it. Mainly for sustenance and not enjoyment - I often really, really don't have time to cook anything which means I end up either eating bread or if it's closer to payday, some kind of fast food. Soylent is the answer to that although (as pointed out by someone), it's bloody expensive at the moment. $3.10 a meal is no joke - the hope is that as there's more adoption, the manufacturing process will become cheaper.

There are a number of people who've been on it and have been perfectly happy. The community is pretty open about everything up to and including poop, sex drive and taste.

edited to add: I'd eat Soylent green so the name doesn't bother me

You don't have time to make food, but you don't have money for healthy pre-made food? How did your lifestyle end up on this dismal trajectory?

 

[Beachless]

Hah, yes - it does seem a little grim but I'm keen to try it. Mainly for sustenance and not enjoyment - I often really, really don't have time to cook anything which means I end up either eating bread or if it's closer to payday, some kind of fast food. Soylent is the answer to that although (as pointed out by someone), it's bloody expensive at the moment. $3.10 a meal is no joke - the hope is that as there's more adoption, the manufacturing process will become cheaper.

There are a number of people who've been on it and have been perfectly happy. The community is pretty open about everything up to and including poop, sex drive and taste.

edited to add: I'd eat Soylent green so the name doesn't bother me

If you make a large lasagna with mince, veggies herbs etc you can freeze portions and just reheat when your hungry or buy frozen stirfry veggie packets and beef strips which takes maybe 10 minutes to fry up. There are plenty of quick meals that are very little effort.

 

[AntiThesis]

You don't have time to make food, but you don't have money for healthy pre-made food? How did your lifestyle end up on this dismal trajectory?

Hah, it's not that dismal Money that isn't used for essentials (the usual random food) is pushed into the bond and investments. Time wise, I have maybe 15 minutes a day that isn't allocated to something or sleep so a meal on the go is a nice idea

 

[grok]

Algae is also becoming a very promising nutritional candidate.

Not only that .. algae can be grown for nutrition, plus possibly water purification, waste treatment, CO2 absorbsion, and fuel & oxygen production amongst others. The ideal component to grow on long space voyages when we go colonising the rest of the universe.

If this is your thing check out the guys at www.haesh.com guys are working on exactly that problem.

Goal: To build an air-tight closed circuit system to sustain the life of a human by recycling all waste via employing cutting edge sensors, computer automated atmosphere control, and various biological systems to breakdown and transform waste back to vital nutrients, clean water, and air.

 

[Compton_effect]

I can't see myself living off that stuff, but just now I looked up from my desk, realized its lunchtime and started wondering what to eat. I'm too busy to drive and get something, in no mood for the local cafeteria's menu, the kitchen is crowded at present. I just want something to eat. I used to keep a few cans of Ensure at hand for moments like this.

Zug no want to go make food, Zug just wants food.

I can see Soylent working for moments like this.