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robotech_master) wrote2013-06-20 03:39 am
robotech_master) wrote2013-06-20 03:39 am
Soylent is made of stuff that people make bad jokes about
Just ran across something today I'd never heard of before. Sort of a generic universal cheap food substance called Soylent. Yes, it seems they're completely serious. And if the name does immediately trigger everyone's impulse to make the same bad joke, that does mean it catches in people's heads. (And it's not like it's even the first "miracle food" to have been named after a science fiction novel. See also "Bovril".)
I heard about it when one of my friends told me that he's planning to try spending some time eating this stuff (or a self-made equivalent; a recipe of sorts is available). After googling and reading some articles, the idea looks intriguing. (Yes, yes, I know, get the obvious movie joke out of your system by saying it out loud to yourself, then NOT typing it in the comments. Believe me, IT'S BEEN MADE.)
It's like someone's trying to make a real-life equivalent to that stuff everyone eats on board the Nebuchadnezzar in The Matrix. (Or, well, the cheap universal food featured in the movie everyone references, but the Matrix is more recent.) The kickstart offer of $65 for a week's worth of the stuff is tempting. That works out to just over $3 per meal, which compares favorably to the cost of restaurant food or even TV dinners. I wonder what it will cost when the store goes live?
If the stuff was even the slightest bit palatable, and filling, it would be tempting to have on hand. Maybe not to eat for every meal, but to have something you could just grab, mix, and gulp and not be bothered worrying about what you were going to make and how long it would take to eat it.
Wonder if I should shell out for a week's worth to try it? It would probably save me a few dollars over the average cost of meals I do eat.
I heard about it when one of my friends told me that he's planning to try spending some time eating this stuff (or a self-made equivalent; a recipe of sorts is available). After googling and reading some articles, the idea looks intriguing. (Yes, yes, I know, get the obvious movie joke out of your system by saying it out loud to yourself, then NOT typing it in the comments. Believe me, IT'S BEEN MADE.)
It's like someone's trying to make a real-life equivalent to that stuff everyone eats on board the Nebuchadnezzar in The Matrix. (Or, well, the cheap universal food featured in the movie everyone references, but the Matrix is more recent.) The kickstart offer of $65 for a week's worth of the stuff is tempting. That works out to just over $3 per meal, which compares favorably to the cost of restaurant food or even TV dinners. I wonder what it will cost when the store goes live?
If the stuff was even the slightest bit palatable, and filling, it would be tempting to have on hand. Maybe not to eat for every meal, but to have something you could just grab, mix, and gulp and not be bothered worrying about what you were going to make and how long it would take to eat it.
Wonder if I should shell out for a week's worth to try it? It would probably save me a few dollars over the average cost of meals I do eat.