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6674224 No.6674224 [Reply] [Original]

>food is hard and takes time
>tasteless mush makes my life better
Are these people for real?

>> No.6674240

they have brain damage

>> No.6674244

they post on /fit/

>> No.6674248

>>6674240
>>6674244
what's the difference?

>> No.6674250

>>6674224
>>food is hard and takes time
>waiting 4-5 months for a shipment is acceptable

I wish I were joking

>> No.6674251

>>6674244
I was just thinking this. Soylent seems like exactly the kind of thing /fit/ should be all over since they hate food.

>> No.6674270

Some people might benefit from them - for example people with Alzheimer's disease who have lost the capability to not only buy food and cook but also to use utensils.

Some of them can still eat with their fingers but...they tend to stuff their mouth and then spurt it out when they are about to choke because their swallowing capability is not that good anymore.

It's much simpler to give them soup or something like THAT stuff, I suppose. But for normal people? If you're that busy, you better take a look at your life.

>> No.6674328

>>6674224
>Is more expensive than buying groceries
>Still have to do some prepping
>50%+ maltodextrin

The people that drink this are the biggest fucking idiots.

>> No.6674384

>>6674328
>>Still have to do some prepping
Like what?

>> No.6674387

These are the kind of people that want to ban cars because they are "inefficient" and replace all roads with trains. They derive no enjoyment from life beyond utility.

>> No.6674405

>>6674387
Not all roads, just highways.
And not all cars just gas-guzzlers with excessive horsepower unnecessary for their task.

>> No.6674406

>>6674387
choosing to drink garbage is a far cry from forcing others to rely on public transport.

>>6674328
>>Is more expensive than buying groceries
depends.
some faggots claim they've saved money.

>> No.6674420

>>6674406
>some faggots claim they've saved money.

Generally they are the ones that buy ready made food.

>> No.6674516

>>6674406
Maybe if they live in NYC or LA, then yea, they'll save money.

>>6674384
Ever made a protein shake?

>> No.6674566

>>6674420
>>6674516
true, some faggot who blogged about eating soylent for 2 weeks said he spends $24 a day on food. NOT including eating out on the weekends.

>> No.6674595

>>6674566
Was watching a show about helping people in financial trouble establish and maintain a budget, and found myself laughing my as off when the *helper* claimed that a household of two should be spending at least 150$ a week on food.

I was shocked, that's my monthly budget and I don't even have a large freezer for making batches.

Some people just live in another world.

>> No.6674914

>>6674595
There's a reason why we're in a financial crisis. Sure, bankers are at fault. But they can't be blamed for pants-on-head retarded spending habits.

Also, $150, not bad. I usually hover around the $200 mark, including some luxuries like beer.

>> No.6674942

>>6674914
Personally I blame people spending money they don't have and others making money buying and selling things that do not exist.

>> No.6674953

>>6674914

I agree. I eat 3000+ calories a day of a balanced diet and I only spend like $30 a week. It baffles me how people waste their money.

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6674969

>>6674953
sample grocery list/menu pls

>> No.6674982

>>6674969
Rice and beans and oatz and squatz and rice and beans and oatz and squatz and rice and beans and oatz and squatz...

>> No.6674992

>>6674982
That's not food. Those are side dishes to complement food.Enjoy your nogainz.

>> No.6674999

>>6674251
>/fit/ hates food
you clearly haven't spent any time there

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6675006

>>6674999

>> No.6675007

>>6674999
Fit hates good food. They eat boiled chicken and plain rice.

>> No.6675013

>>6674224
I'm not down with powdered shakes.
But I'm totally down with veggie/fruit smoothies early in the morning.
It's not that I don't eat plenty of vegetables, it's that I have an obsession with cramming in as many veggies as possible and a spinach/carrot/orange/pineapple/raspberry/cherry smoothie on my way to work makes it easier to accomplish.
I can FEEL the antioxidants coursing through me!
That's what I tell myself anyway.

>> No.6675021

>>6674224
Just tried soylent for the first time today, mix with peanut butter and ice --> tastes like peanut butter milkshake!!

>> No.6675023

>>6675007
Also eggs and milk.
A LOT of eggs and milk.

>> No.6675028

irl person I know who uses this has issues with hoarding/depression. basically has no energy/emotional ability to take care of himself. when he doesn't eat soylent he eats pizza or pasta with red sauce literally everyday

it's sad though because he enjoys good food too, it's just. if he's alone I guess he won't bother.

he's lost some weight since he started to soylent since it's easy portion control. from a friend perspective it's sad that he doesn't enjoy cooking and can't get his shit together but I do think it's healthier for him than digiornos and pizza hut 6 or 7 days a week

also it's none of my damn business

>> No.6675029

>>6675023
They didn't like fishermen's eggs because they think fish is gross. Go figure.

>> No.6675032

>>6674969

I shop at BJ's so it saves some money, but you could get similar but slightly higher prices elsewhere

>Rice: Essentially free when you look at a single meal. Buy a 50 lb bag for like $25 and it will last you like 150 meals. I prefer brown rice which is a little more expensive, but still cheap. Maybe $1/pound.

>Milk: As a protein source this is top notch. Costs less than $3 a gallon at BJ's, closer to $4 at a regular grocery.

>Eggs: Got more expensive recently, I get 18 a week for about $3.50. When they were cheaper I'd buy a lot more.

>Lentils: Lots of protein and nutrients, $1.29 for a 1 lb bag.

>Vegetables: I buy frozen vegetables usually, 2 lb bag of spinach costs $3. Broccoli is comparable. Those are pretty much the only vegetables I eat consistently week.
>Bananas. A bunch is like $1.50 or less.
>Apples (Fuji)
>Peanut Butter: This is my guilty pleasure (Trader Joe's crunchy brand specifically). $2.50/lb which lasts a week.
>Chicken breast: $2.50/lb.
>Beef Liver: A favorite of mine, my grocery store only stocks like one lb at a time, but it is always $2/lb so I like to get it instead of chicken sometimes.

I'm probably forgetting other miscellaneous stuff like onions, garlic, etc.Obviously it's difficult to calculate exactly what my weekly expenditure is, but I think it's reasonable to see that I could eat approximately $4/day in food like this.

>> No.6675033

>>6675007
you can always use spices?

>> No.6675053

>>6675032
I'd suggest adding some beans and making a soup out of them with onions and paprika. It will be thick and you can eat it with some whole grain bread. Great value for the nutrients.

>> No.6675058

>>6674224
To be fair, it actually tastes pretty good.

>> No.6675079

>>6675028
I know this.

It sucks when you don't give a fuck and settle into a "make-do" lifestyle

It sucks, at least I'll cook something tasty, but I'll keep eating the same shit as long as the grocery store has it in stock, then start over with a new dish.

>> No.6675090

>>6675058
To be fair, you probably drink jizz, so your opinion is irrelevant.

>> No.6675094

I think I could go for it, for breakfast only. Only that. Not for convenience either, just for the sake of not being hungry for the entire morning into midday.


>>6675006
>Those boxes with cut veggies/whatever
>Those clearly visible eggs

>>6674516
Making a shake is just to throw it together, and then go to the PC, still shaking, doing whatever because you got a free hand.

>> No.6675096

>>6675053

I do this occasionally. My list was a rough outline of the staples of my diet, not everything I always eat. I usually splurge to make a few "special" meals each week, but I didn't include this because cooking as a hobby is not at all necessary.

>> No.6675101

>>6674224
I have been considering soylent as something to consume in addition to the rest of my food.

>> No.6675537

>>6675013
>spinach/carrot/orange/pineapple/raspberry/cherry smoothie

All that fruit. Every day. How fat are you?

>> No.6675591

>>6675537
>getting fat
>from fruit
pls be joking.

>b-b-but sugar!
just. don't.

>> No.6675628

>>6674387
They want a neighborhood where they don't need to operate a car. Those neighborhoods might need trains to allow crowds to move around. While it's sensible to ban cars from hardcore pedestrian zones, it's a long shot from banning cars elsewhere.

You know why they want that neighborhood? Because they enjoy it, unlike operating a car in a lifeless suburbia.

>> No.6675650

>>6675591
It's not my problem if you keep your head jammed in the sand.

>> No.6675653

>>6675628
stay buttmad NEET. >/r/mincome

>> No.6675824

>>6675650
no one's falling for your shit.
stay mad.

>>6675653
>wanting good public transport = NEET
what?

>> No.6675837

It's for people that think they're too important to spend time cooking and cleaning. It's for lazy people too, I guess.

>> No.6675928

>>6675837
well, that could apply to people who exclusively eat take-out.

at least you can say, in comparison, soylent fags are more thrifty and concerned about nutrition.

>> No.6676816

>>6675006
>date with Jeff!

kek

>> No.6676818

>>6674914

I rarely go over 90$, and I cook all my own food.

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6676819

>wake up in the am. pour cold steep coffee and soylent powder into a shaker on way out the door

or

>wake up in the early am. prepare a meal. sit and eat. clean dishes, pots/ pans.

I know which one makes my life easier.

Haven't eaten breakfast for years. Powdered food makes it a piece of piss. You can eat a meal in 30 seconds.

>> No.6676826

>>6675032
Pretty simular to me
besides the 50lb bags of brown rice
I get them in 5kg bags
Where you getting 18 eggs for 3.50
It's like 5.00 a dozen for the farm fresh eggs

>> No.6676833

>>6675032
That isn't 30 a week m8
more like 100/150 a week

>> No.6676835

>>6676819

Most people here do not have lives, or they're stay at home moms (or bitches trying to be in the near future) who's only personality trait is "I cook!"

Don't take it personally

>> No.6676836

>whew, I just got finished biking on the center lane highway with my electric blue track suit
>Took me 4.56 hours and just over 13 miles of grueling ups and downs
>I'm late for dindin with the tintin

I couldn't finish this green text because soylent is fucking stupid
>

>> No.6676863

>>6676819
>put oats in bowl
>add milk
>eat
WOW SUCH A DIFFICULT, COMPLEX AND TIME CONSUMING TASK

>> No.6676867

>>6676863
Can't eat that while driving, nor can you chug it

>> No.6676870

>>6676833
He isn't buying a sack of rice every week you chucklefuck.

>> No.6676871

>>6676867
it takes something like five minutes to eat. If you don't have that you're so bad at time management that you might actually be retarded.

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>>6674224

shill alert

>> No.6676897

>>6676871
>five minutes to eat

What are you a pig

>> No.6676901

>>6676897
A bowl of oats with milk? Why would it take longer?

>> No.6676989

>>6676818
if you only spend $22 a week on food, you're poor.

>> No.6677127

>>6676989
No, you buy really cheap ingredients.

Correlation doesn't equal causation.

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6677238

>>6676901
It would be easier to blitz the oats and milk - although I would use water, because fuck dairy - and chug it during the drive.

Then all you have to do is rinse a shaker.

But then you're doing exactly the same thing as I do with the powder, so it's futile.

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6677256

>>6676989
or youre just savvy

find a farmer shilling his own produce for dirt cheap - im in semi rural bongland - and know the days that shops mark down their food.

wednesdays i can pick up a weeks worth of turkey, chicken, beans and spinach for under £15.
Vacuum seal and freeze.
Eat accordingly.
Eggs from the farmer for obscenely low prices.

Still doesn't stop me from having powdered food for breakfast.

I need not budget. I'm a high earner who likes to save bux on daily food. I'll spend £50 on a bottle of wine.

2hot4u

>> No.6677457

>>6677256
>50 on a bottle of wine

Based

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6677688

>>6677127
again, poor.
>>6677256
>I'll spend £50 on a bottle of wine.

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>>6676819
Haha what? I keep a ziplock bag of sliced zucchini in my fridge. I just throw a handful of those and some cherry tomatoes into my ceramic microwave cooker with one or two eggs and let it cook for three minutes while I have my morning coffee. I eat a better breakfast than most cereal fags and I enjoy my morning more than any soylentfag. Pic related, it's my average breakfast.

>> No.6677731

>>6676863
This. I don't get why soylentfags act like eating is a long and burdensome challenge. I'm going to assume that these people don't wipe after shitting or take showers because they think it takes too much time.

>> No.6677743

>>6676835
Are there any surveys on the demographics of /ck/? Because I'm pretty sure that this board is just as full of autistic males as any other board.

>> No.6677762

>>6676826
> "Farm fresh" eggs
> Falling for marketing buzzwords

Anyway, I'm not the anon you were talking to but I get my eggs in 6x6 square cartons. That's like 36 eggs for $7.99. That's like what, $0.22 per egg? Eggs aint shit.

>> No.6677768

>>6675032
Where's the bread in your list, or are you just eating PB from the jar

>> No.6677782

>>6677731
I love to eat but I eat really fast

>> No.6677796

>>6677743
There's actually a lot of females here

>> No.6677807

>>6677724
Well aren't you Mr.I'm-So-Perfect-Look-At-Me

>> No.6677810

>>6677796
pretty sure those are just fags

>> No.6677816

>>6677810
There are lots of fags, too, funnily

It's just a low population board

>> No.6677824

>>6677807
No, I'm I just learned to use my time effectively. Other than that I just understand cooking and nutrition, two skills that everyone can and should have by the time they're 18. I'm not special, you're just a retard if you think something as rudimentary as making some breakfast is above you.
Also I bought that ceramic cooker from the dollar tree, it isn't a special piece of cooking equipment. It literally cost me $1.09. It's not like I only eat sous-vide eggs every morning.

>> No.6677836

>>6674251
May I direct you to fridge thread >>>/fit/33275578

>> No.6677878

>>6674224
I love it, I detest food preparation and have no special love for the "craft" of food, it makes things so fucking easy when eating is something you don't value at all beyond staying alive

>> No.6677884

>>6674250
That's only the first shipment

>> No.6677896

>>6677878
You realise this is /ck/, right

>> No.6677901

>>6677896
I sure do, do you?

>> No.6677905

>>6677901
Why are you on a board for something you care nothing about

>> No.6677911

>>6677905
Why wouldn't I be? /tv/ hates television and /v/ hates vidya, this is 4chan friend

>> No.6677914

>>6677911
Nice 9/11

>> No.6678068

>>6677688
>keeping to what you said without refuting my point

Great memes man, you're going to go far!

>> No.6678073

>>6674224
I actually understand those people. The fact that I enjoy food doesn't mean that all people do. If food is just your means to an end, soylent is great. I spend some three to four hours every day with food.

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>>6674224

keep it up shill, like we don't notice

what a Fredo

>> No.6678161

>>6678073
>The fact that I enjoy food doesn't mean that all people do
Only actual retards don't enjoy food. And music.

>> No.6678219

I just don't give enough of a fuck about food. I'm going to try soylent because I live alone and don't give a fuck enough to prepare meals every day. My job keeps me busy as hell and often don't have time to make/pack lunch so I just end up eating out too much. This will actually be cheaper than the current amount I spend on food. I enjoy good food but to actually enjoy food properly it has to become a hobby. You have to put in the time to make it enjoyable.

I have enough hobbies...

>> No.6678238

>>6678219
Why are you on this board then?

Also, if I went on soylent I'd probably actually kill myself. Food is one of the joys of this world and taking that away leads to depression.

If you go a week without a hot meal in you're going to experience some mood changes.

>> No.6678244

>>6678238
Maybe you would experience that but people are different. Not everyone is attached to the traditional idea of what a meal is.

>> No.6678245

>>6674224
I suppose this stuff would be good for camping and disaster relief.

>> No.6678253

>>6678244
>Maybe you would experience that but people are different
Ok special snowflake. I'm sure you've managed to break millions of years of conditioning because you're a special robot who doesn't need the basic necessities of human survival. I bet you stay up for weeks at a time and never sit down too because those don't needs aren't important to you either.

>> No.6678266

>>6678253
Why does it anger you so much? I haven't broken any necessity of human survival. I'm getting all my energy and nutrients I need to survive, just through a more efficient manner.

If I didn't live alone I would absolutely put more effort into food and cooking. I would enjoy cooking for people as I have in previous relationships and if I had kids I would definitely put effort into their meals and make sure they get into get habits with food and cooking. But on a purely personal level I just don't care enough. I'm not even going to pretend I'm some super important modern man who doesn't have time at all. I would just rather spend my time doing other things. It's just preference. Deal with it.

>> No.6678297

>>6678253
Cooking and preparing meals hasn't been something we evolved to do, and it certainly hasn't been something we've been doing for millions of years.
TBH
B
H

>> No.6678350

>>6678297
>Cooking and preparing meals hasn't been something we evolved to do
False. Our teeth show that humans were built around eating soft, cooked food.

>> No.6678364

>>6678080
You caught me.
I also shill Retron5 threads in /vr/

>> No.6678369

>>6678238
>Food is one of the joys of this world
virgin detected

>> No.6678694

>>6678297
>what is gene-culture coevolution

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1095643303000205

http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/90/3/707S.short

http://www.nature.com/nrg/journal/v11/n2/abs/nrg2734.html

http://www.pnas.org/content/107/Supplement_2/8985.short

>> No.6678838

>>6678694
>what is pseudo-science

>> No.6678870

Did they ever ship any of this 4 years later?

>> No.6679037

>>6678838
You didn't even read any of that, you queernozzle.

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6679083

>>6674224
>Soylent
>mfw

>> No.6679088

>>6674248
nothing

>> No.6679090

>>6675653
I don't think NEETs are even capable of taking public transport

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>>6679083
>the creator's face when it's revealed Soylent is made from people

>>6679090
there is a correlation between autism and NEET, but not all NEETS are autists.

>> No.6679950

I kind of want to try soylent without having to drop 2 weeks food budget on it.

If that shit tastes like a tasty milkshake and is actually filling, I would totally use it as like 90% meal replacement and splurge on a couple real meals a week.

One thing I haven't seen mentioned is that it might be useful for breaking fat people's acclimation to high fat high sugar foods. That's the idea behind weight loss shakes, only that very little thought has been given to the actual nutrition in those.

>> No.6680277

>>6679950
>One thing I haven't seen mentioned is that it might be useful for breaking fat people's acclimation to high fat high sugar foods.
because fat people probably haven't been trying it in significant numbers.

also, it's $85 for one week's worth.

>> No.6680323

>>6680277
>$85
That's actually less than human being spends in a week for food?

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>>6680323
It's still less than
>>6679950
>2 weeks food budget on it.

>> No.6680392

>>6680323
This is why people are obese.

>> No.6680396

>>6680392
Nah, might be the fact that I live in SF. Moved from Europe year ago, haven't been anywhere else in the US.

>> No.6680410

>>6680396
California is expensive right?

Also there's something like "queal" for EU, it seems like soylent except you can choose which taste you want.
And seems to be a little cheaper but if it's still 6 euros per day. (but that's the 2400 Cal one, if use less than "recommended" I can probably get it down to 4.5 euros a day. Which does make it a budget meal.

>> No.6680416

If you really don't have the time to cook, it's fine I guess

But what baffles me are the people saying they don't have time to cook and debate about it on an Taiwanese floor tile fetishist image board

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6680432

>>6680416
>Taiwanese floor tile fetishist image board

>> No.6680461

>>6680416
The unemployed don't have time to cook ;^)

>> No.6680467

>>6677256
hello big earner bragging online im disabled and out of food stamps already this month care to send some my way nerd

>> No.6681341

I did Soylent for a month. I added peanut butter, banana and protein to mine. I thought it tasted pretty decent. It was pretty convenient. I could make 2 days worth of "food" in 10 minutes. However it gave me horrible runny diarrhoea constantly, so.

If it didn't give me stomach problems I would probably drink it a few times a week.

>> No.6681369

>tasteless mush makes my life better

It has a creamy texture, and yes, it does make my life better. I'm losing weight and in general I'm just feeling better.

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>>6674224

Can you imagine not eating?

Or more specifically can you imagine never getting hungry?

This is effectively as close as you can get to living without food. You can see the appeal of not having to deal with cooking, going out to get food, etc.

For NEETs, busybodies, or people that just don't give a fuck anymore, Soylent is a godsend. You mix some shit, cool it, drink it whenever you want, and you're full. It is the magic meal gum from Willy fucking Wonka. It is the cure for hunger.

That being said, I enjoy the taste of food and cooking too much to use Soylent, but you are either lying or a fucking idiot to not see the allure of removing one of the most arduous of human needs from your lifestyle.

>> No.6682848

SUPPLEMENT SLURRY IS INFERIOR TO FOOD. YOU THINK YOU CAN REDUCE FOODS DOWN TO A HANDFUL OF CHECKMARKS? WELL, YOU'RE FUCKING WRONG.

THE HUBRIS. IT DISGUSTS ME.

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>>6682848
The anger, it amuses me.

>> No.6682891

Probably gonna have a tooth pulled soon.

Any thoughts on Aussielent? Or any other soylent available in Australia that doesn't contain wheat?

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>>6682848
Wrong.

You: 0
Me: 1

>> No.6683622

>>6674969
Where did you find this?

>> No.6683844

Eurofag here. I'd like to give it a try.
What brand do you recommand?

It might be useful when I go in full alcoholic mode and don't give a fuck about cooking or eating. (inb4 I get calories from booze.)