I think it’s largely a consequence of not having a respect for food, and that mentality is not welcome in places like Japan, France, Italy, etc. where there is a deep cultural respect for food.
Do you think you could in theory have a discussion around this subject in a more mentally healthy way?
So if any of those weirdos want to, you know, eat a meal, then sure we could have that discussion over one, but this brings us to the second part of my comment, which is that the number of people who are lunatic enough to think that abandoning the eating of meals is a good idea, is vanishingly small. I've never met one in person.
The human race eats meals. The idea that you would optimize meals out of your life is more or less the province of like five antisocial, terminally online dudes. If these five guys decide to withdraw from society, be pariahs and wear hair shirts and all that well it's a free country but don't count me in
You're seeing the same thing with Soylent. My friends who didn't enjoy cooking much before Soylent just had lots of protein bars, TV dinners, and takeout. Now they do the same thing but also drink lots of Soylent. The meal replacement maximalists are loud online because that's the only space they can create consensus in. It's the same reason most loud, minority opinions are overrepresented online.
And stove less apartments are usually for people that eat out, not people that are trying to replace meals with shakes.