Lately I've been hearing about http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soylent_%28food_substitute%29, & was curious about what others here think about it.

Soylent is people----it's PEOPLE!!!!

Is this like a super drink so you never have to eat again? It looks pretty horrible, but sure I'd give it a try.

Isn't that just the green type?

Yeah you're right---I'm sorry I over reacted .

might be slightly better than recycled chinese newspapers and apple cores..

It's just another progression of what society is nudging or some are trying to nudge it towards. Treating cooking and eating as a "chore" an unpleasant process that gets in the way of "more important" things, as though basic biological functions and enjoying them are somehow "beneath" a technological species.

Personally I enjoy food, I enjoy making food (despite being pretty crap at it) and would rather have the social connection of making a meal and sharing it with others, enjoying the tastes and styles of different cultures than a purpose built drink. I'm not a machine.

Well.. it could potentially be beneficial. I wouldn't imagine consuming it unless it was absolutely necessary.

Looks and sounds disgusting and why it would be legal to sell is beyond me.

Eating junk at a landfill would be more healthy.

Yeah, no.

We allow people to eat meat and potatoes all day, not getting their daily vitamins or vegetables, etc. So why not this, even if it is imperfect right now?

How is it not 'real' food? It's real. From what I gather you eat or drink it, sounds like food to me.

Eating potatoes and meat all day is much more healthy than eating industrial waste.

That's kind of irrelevant, Soylent is hardly industrial waste...

It varies from person to person.

I love food, and I love cooking, so this is never going to be any option for me. In many ways this food drink resembles modern humans, and our desire for things to be simple, efficient and most of all quick. We are always on the move, food is becoming nothing but a chore, and this is its replacement. I don't know how I feel about that, but then again I know that not everyone thinks that way.

Ehhhhhhhh. Since my arms are intact I'll just prepare my own food (or even eat pre-made food!) and enjoy it far more than this stuff, and as Erginho said, I like cooking. I don't care if it's more "convenient", we're kind of getting to the point where having to sleep every day of the month will be considered too much of a hassle. I guess some people have a busy schedule and don't have time for normal food, but I still don't like this idea nor humanity's desire for absurd conveniences.

What part about Soylent's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soylent_%28food_substitute%29#Ingredients sounds like industrial waste to you? Sure it might not look appetizing, but that's nothing some food coloring can't solve.

I'd happily eat Soylent for breakfast or lunch. Dinner, too, if I wasn't going out with friends. And, no, I don't cook my own food.

Personally I don't think I'd find it palatable in it's current form

I'd probably need to "dope" it up with something (Coco mix?) for me to be able to down it & even then I wouldn't want to rely on it

I would eat it if I had too, like during the zombie apocalypse or something.