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Comment author: Mass_Driver 13 May 2013 04:20:23AM 1 point [-]

Is there more to the Soylent thing than mixing off-the-shelf protein shake powder, olive oil, multivitamin pills, and mineral supplement pills and then eating it?

Comment author: RomeoStevens 24 May 2013 08:37:27AM 2 points [-]

Not really. In fact I'm beginning to think that the Soylent guy is obfuscating his source of supplies in order to obfuscate how simple it is. I found a powder that is 100% of everything for $1 a scoop at costco.

Comment author: MugaSofer 24 May 2013 10:19:23AM *  -1 points [-]

I found a powder that is 100% of everything for $1 a scoop at costco.

... you sure that stuff actually contains everything you need?

EDIT: sorry, not sure if I understood you correctly; you're claiming that a similar, cheaper product exists, right?

Comment author: RomeoStevens 24 May 2013 04:04:58PM 4 points [-]

It is 100% of the RDA of all micronutrients according to the label. I'm not at all sure that the soylent guy hasn't found something similar and is just adding it to an oil/whey/oats concoction.

Comment author: MugaSofer 27 May 2013 10:31:24AM -1 points [-]

Well, there's a thing. These people need better PR.

Comment author: Articulator 14 June 2013 10:01:32PM 0 points [-]

They sell themselves short as just an anti-aging formula.