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Comment by bignaj | Hacker News Reader

I don't know why there is so much hype about this product still. Maybe there's a niche market for people who are so busy they forget to eat (another problem in and of itself) but for everyone else it completely misses all that is good about eating: taste, social interaction, texture, experience, temperature, variety. Be right back, asking my girlfriend if she wants to sit and chug Soylent tonight instead of going out for Thai.

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false dilemma.

nobody says you can't go out for Thai. but if you find yourself regularly scarfing down a Subway sandwich for lunch and losing an hour of time in the process, Soylent might be a healthier, more efficient alternative.

Except I'm never doing that, so I will never buy this product. I want to lose an hour eating because I can spend time with my friends or take a break or talk to people. Subway isn't that bad either, and is certainly more enjoyable to eat than Soylent.

There are literally millions upon millions of people who spend at least one meal a day just consuming food and not socializing. If you've ever worked in a traditional office environment people regularly take lunch at their desk if they are too busy to socialize. It's not hard to understand the appeal of Soylent if you step just slightly outside your own personal experience.

I do work in a traditional office environment. The problem is being too busy, not eating. Eating is not a problem that needs to be solved. Being too busy is the problem that needs to be solved.

> Eating is not a problem that needs to be solved.

Obesity in America would like to have a word with you.

So because you're not interested in this product, it's a bad idea? Have you ever considered that other people might have different lifestyles and priorities than you? Or that different products might appeal to different audiences?

Yeah this. Hype about an instant food product. Finally!

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