I wouldn't say I am a hater, but I really don't understand the enthusiasm for this product. Eating is one of lifes pleasures. Why reduce it to the most processed forms possible?
(I would make a bet that if it is launched in Spain, it will fail miserably. People here have a real passion for good food.)
Same here. It's probably popular because it's new and it's an experiment challenging the concept of "Food", but apart from that there's no way I'd want to eat that stuff either. Actual food at home or outside is, as you say, one of life's pleasures.
> "For anyone that struggles with allergies, heartburn, acid reflux or digestion, has trouble controlling weight or cholesterol, or simply doesn't have the means to eat well, soylent is for you."
> "Soylent frees you from the time and money spent shopping, cooking and cleaning, puts you in excellent health,"
> "By taking years to spoil"
> "there is much evidence that it is considerably healthier than a typical diet."
Those are the claims they made during the kickstarter.
Those would be unlawful in the UK - I have no idea what the equivalent US regulators would make of those claims if Soylent continued to make them.
Using those misleading deceptive claims to raise money puts them firmly in the sham charlatan space and they thoroughly deserve harsh treatment.
