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> Show me the path to get people off of sugar diets.

http://www.soylent.me/

I think we'll start seeing a difference when the economics improve making it a lot cheaper than fast food.



Sometimes it's hard to tell if someone on this site is parodying an out of touch techie or actually is one. It's a lot easier and cheaper to just eat fresh, healthy foods than it is to try to invent a new food alternative.


It's a lot easier and cheaper to just eat fresh, healthy foods

"fresh foods": So now you need to have enough space in a working freezer to store all the fresh vegetables/etc that you buy at a much higer price then junk food. Or you need to have enough time off to go to the boutique farmer's market that obvioulsy isn't in a poor-person area like where you live in.


No, I've tried that, was expensive and didn't work. YMMV.


Mmmm, yeah, that'll hit the spot, flavourless goop in a glass. People will definitely want that.


Are you guys for real? They've solved this exact problem and are backordered for months and that's still not good enough for you?


Soylent is fucking expensive and it is ridiculous to suggest that people eating kfc / mcdonalds / etc and drinking liters of soda a day will convert to Soylent.


$3/meal is more expensive than kfc / mcdonalds? Maybe if you live in the US and only eat a couple of items off the dollar menu every time. In Canada a meal at McDonald's is $10...

And I am one of those people that used to live on McDonald's and Burger King all day every day.




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