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YC owns a portion of Soylent. It is not in the best financial interest of YC to portray them in a negative light. You can't reasonably expect impartial and unbiased information to come from this site, can you? They have a vested interest in seeing the success of their children.
Actually we go out of our way to avoid killing stories critical of YC cos, to forestall exactly that complaint. Not that it works.
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It's hard to imagine the type of person that would be on the fence about Soylent that would be ok with it after reading this article. Hopefully the "it was beta" excuse for producing Soylent in an unhealthy environment won't fly outside of SV culture. If anything, it should bring up serious doubts about the integrity of a team that, when faced with overwhelming demand and flush with investor cash, stoop to a level of…
Isn't it just the first behind-the-scenes look at food production for most of us? A rat scurrying by on camera just looks worse than what frequently goes on in the storage room of your or my local food market. As far as the "beta testing on strangers" aspect, I'd point you to sneak's comment[1], which sums up the slight absurdity of requiring one food to be rigorously tested and adhere to some hypothetical standard.…
Currently in NorCal, there are rodents infected with both Bubonic Plague and Hemmoragic fever. And their is an effective vector that can get you killed. Even if they are nowhere in sight. So, its best to be somewhat educated and conscientious on the topic.
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Both the McRib and Soylent are intended to extract a price from customers in exchange for sustenance and a positive consumption experience. The McRib leans towards experience in its marketing and Soylent leans more towards sustenance. The marketing of Soylent is certainly more active these days which isn't really that surprising as the product and company have developed from a concept to a full fledged and funded com…
Don't play coy. "McRibs taste great" , "Axe make supermodels hang off you" , and all variations on these are textbook puffery, and you know it.
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> Delicious unhealthy cheeseburger or a tasteless but healthy goop in a can? I choose -- false dichotomy. Plenty of healthy and not tasteless quick meal replacements that already exist.
Such option was not presented in the hypothetical scenario. It'd be trivial anyway to make the tasteless goop tasty with some flavorings.
Right...that's why I called the scenario a false dichotomy.