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Re: Hacker School Soylent

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Post by zachalexander »

DanBC wrote: post #47
run4yourlives wrote: post #27

I really don't understand this Soylent nonsense: 1. I like food. The smell, experience and taste. Why in god's name would I eat powder to save myself the "hassle" of eating food? That's like promoting adoption as a method of avoiding the "hassle" of having sex. 2. Why the hell would you associate the brand of a product that you believe is healthy with a movie that is about feeding dead people back to us? That's the f…

Personally, I think Soylent is stupid. Having said that: > With like 40% of people too damn fat for their own good, I don't get how anyone sees a positive outcome for them. So, Fat_Bob is at work. He's made the effort and had a good healthy breakfast. He knows when he goes home that him and his significant other are going to make the effort and eat a healthy dinner. But it's midday, and outside the office is a FatBur…

Exactly. "Soylent : food :: water : drinks" is the idea. Water isn't my favorite beverage, but I'm really glad I can just turn on the tap and quench my thirst, without having to buy a latte.

What I don't understand is why you would call soylent "stupid" right before explaining its utility.

Re: Hacker School Soylent

#72

Post by zachalexander »

eclipxe wrote: post #22
camdykeman wrote: post #19

This mix is completely devoid of BCAAs. Soy protein has no branch chain amino acids - meaning it completely lacks THE fundamental building blocks used in building all bodily tissue. Look more into different kinds of protein. You might also want to do this for your carbs. Suggesting that brown sugar is a good way to "top up" our carb load is terrible advice - all cane sugars are simple sugars, meaning they jack up you…

Yeah, seriously. "top up your carbs with some brown sugar!" made me cringe.

Why, exactly?

If your concern is GI, the impact on blood sugar is going to be very much blunted by all the protein, fat, and fiber. I don't remotely feel a sugar rush when I drink this.

Re: Hacker School Soylent

#73

Post by run4yourlives »

jack-r-abbit wrote: post #65
run4yourlives wrote: post #27

I really don't understand this Soylent nonsense: 1. I like food. The smell, experience and taste. Why in god's name would I eat powder to save myself the "hassle" of eating food? That's like promoting adoption as a method of avoiding the "hassle" of having sex. 2. Why the hell would you associate the brand of a product that you believe is healthy with a movie that is about feeding dead people back to us? That's the f…

> That's like promoting adoption as a method of avoiding the "hassle" of having sex. Allow me to over share a little bit for a moment. My wife and I had trouble conceiving. So the "process" very much became a task. It was scheduled. It was monitored (not the "act" itself, pervs... LOL). It involved various shots on schedule with other things. I won't go so far to call it a "hassle" but I will tell you that even somet…

I appreciate what you are saying, but my point was more that having sex is a lot more than making a baby, in the same way that eating is a lot more than refueling your body.

Re: Hacker School Soylent

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Post by jack-r-abbit »

run4yourlives wrote: post #73
jack-r-abbit wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> That's like promoting adoption as a method of avoiding the "hassle" of having sex. Allow me to over share a little bit for a moment. My wife and I had trouble conceiving. So the "process" very much became a task. It was scheduled. It was monitored (not the "act" itself, pervs... LOL). It involved various shots on schedule with other things. I won't go so far to call it a "hassle" but I will tell you that even somet…

I appreciate what you are saying, but my point was more that having sex is a lot more than making a baby, in the same way that eating is a lot more than refueling your body.

Yes. And my point was that even really, really fun stuff can be less fun when you HAVE to do it, repeatedly, on schedule, etc.

Re: Hacker School Soylent

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Post by run4yourlives »

camdykeman wrote: post #54
run4yourlives wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Stop Trolling? Not everyone has access to proper ingredients/tools/knowledge that are required for maintaining a proper diet. Actually, everyone does have this. Whether they choose to use it is another story. I've yet to meet a person on this planet though that doesn't know that you can't survive on chocolate and potato chips. The stomach cramps are a pretty good clue. The vast majority of food is perishable and does…

I'd like to point out that I'm as skeptical of Soylent as anyone else, but I'll start from the top. Your synical tone, mocking comments, and blatant insults - based entirely on personal opinion - classify this as trolling. Saying that everyone has access to food/tools/knowledge... i dont think I really need to touch this, Im sure even you realise your error in making this comment. As for storage/transport vs local gr…

Your synical tone, mocking comments, and blatant insults -

Examples of this would be nice. If you want everyone to pat you on the head and tell you how special you are you should stay in grade school. IMO, the Soylent product is a nonsensical endeavor with little chance of real success. I see no reason to pretend that I feel something different about it. Personally, I'm curious as to why you take such offence.

Re: growing difficulties: I explained that lack of food is not an issue in my dead-ened comment. There is more than enough food being produced right now for every living person on the planet. The global food crisis is not helped by another form of food, because that was never the issue.

slimfast only demonstrates the validity

It's dying: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-14/unilever-s-slim-fas...

There is no race to win - find a competetive career and get back to me on this one.

At some point in life, you'll understand that this is a crazy (and frankly unhealthy and unsustainable) way to live.

Writing off 40% of the population

Well, good thing that isn't what I said at all, is it?

Soylent isn't going to do well because we already have 40% of the population in the US that overindulge their love of food. These people aren't going to stop eating burgers so that they can have a protein shake instead.

Ergo, bad business idea. I'm pretty confident in my anti-Soylent stance, given the two major reason I stated above. I see no product and/or company in 5 years here.

By all means I encourage them to prove me wrong.

Re: Hacker School Soylent

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Post by run4yourlives »

pbreit wrote: post #69
run4yourlives wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd love to respond, and have, but it seems these days HN doesn't want me to say too much, and for the second time in a week has automatically killed my comment.

Maybe you should try to make better sense than just being overly critical and insulting?

I'm curious as to how I'm being insulting when the other commenter was the one calling me a troll.

Not pumping the latest SV (or YC backed, for that matter) fad is not being "overly critical and insulting".

Stop drinking the Kool Aid without thinking.

Re: Hacker School Soylent

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Post by run4yourlives »

jack-r-abbit wrote: post #74
run4yourlives wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I appreciate what you are saying, but my point was more that having sex is a lot more than making a baby, in the same way that eating is a lot more than refueling your body.

Yes. And my point was that even really, really fun stuff can be less fun when you HAVE to do it, repeatedly, on schedule, etc.

I think a vast majority of people in this world would never feel eating to be such a tedious task.

Re: Hacker School Soylent

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Post by DanBC »

run4yourlives wrote: post #76
pbreit wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe you should try to make better sense than just being overly critical and insulting?

I'm curious as to how I'm being insulting when the other commenter was the one calling me a troll. Not pumping the latest SV (or YC backed, for that matter) fad is not being "overly critical and insulting". Stop drinking the Kool Aid without thinking.

You and Camdykeman should re-read the HN guide for new users pages.

Things like this:

> Stop drinking the Kool Aid without thinking.

Are a good example of what not to say.

Re: Hacker School Soylent

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Post by DanBC »

zachalexander wrote: post #71
DanBC wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Personally, I think Soylent is stupid. Having said that: > With like 40% of people too damn fat for their own good, I don't get how anyone sees a positive outcome for them. So, Fat_Bob is at work. He's made the effort and had a good healthy breakfast. He knows when he goes home that him and his significant other are going to make the effort and eat a healthy dinner. But it's midday, and outside the office is a FatBur…

Exactly. "Soylent : food :: water : drinks" is the idea. Water isn't my favorite beverage, but I'm really glad I can just turn on the tap and quench my thirst, without having to buy a latte. What I don't understand is why you would call soylent "stupid" right before explaining its utility.

Some people have the personal opinion that they just can't be bothered to learn to cook and to eat nice food. I'm trying to get my head around that. It's an alien concept to me.

Then there's the liquid feed nature of it. Put it in a cake and I might not be so critical of it.

I am trying to make myself remember that I have strong personal opinions and that I need to wait for science before leaping to the "it's stupid" conclusion.

This submission was nice because it was reasonably cautious - it has some safety advice, and warns people about the experimental nature of it. So, what people do with their bodies is mostly up to them and I don't try to stop them.

Re: Hacker School Soylent

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Post by Blahah »

run4yourlives wrote: post #77
jack-r-abbit wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes. And my point was that even really, really fun stuff can be less fun when you HAVE to do it, repeatedly, on schedule, etc.

I think a vast majority of people in this world would never feel eating to be such a tedious task.

But preparing food is.
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