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Is every single meal a social event for you?

I eat out at least a few times a week with friends. But if I'm stuck at the office working late or home alone one night, I don't cook. I order off seamless, and a lot of it is garbage. Sure, I should learn to like cooking, but I've failed to do that and that's unlikely to change.

So in my mind, replacing the shitty delivery meals with something optimally nutritious would be great. And then on the weekends or when I have time, I'd still of course eat out with friends and family.

Soylent is not aiming to replace every meal. But as a replacement for grabbing a slice of pizza on the way home from work by yourself, what's the problem?



Given you're at a computer using HN, then at any off time a good meal is no meal. You can safely say stuffing more food into you is not needed.

So the only real reason you eat in these off periods is enjoyment of food, stopping feeling hungry and habit.

This is not what Soylent is for as far as I can see.


    Given you're at a computer using HN, then at any 
    off time a good meal is no meal
I don't quite follow, are you saying because one sits behind a computer one doesn't use any energy at all?

    You can safely say stuffing more food into you 
    is not needed.
Food gives energy and mental exhaustion, believe it or not, does actually take up a lot of energy, heck, even just resting takes up energy (it's not like your body stops functioning..).

I have to say that I very much follow what the parent is saying. I love eating with people and all, but, I'm not always with someone, and more often than not am too lazy to cook (or I've just forgotten to shop groceries).




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