Wednesday, June 7, 2017

"Food 2.0"


Food tastes better than Soylent.
Jessa Gamble, How Healthy is Soylent? - The Atlantic
An ad for Soylent Drink appeared on my Twitter feed this morning, and I confess that my mouth hung open in surprise for a moment.  Was this a spoof?  Part of a subversive marketing campaign for a movie remake?

As far as I can tell, they're completely serious - there's nothing in their FAQ to indicate that they're aware of the dystopian 1973 Charlton Heston film, there's a very earnest Wikipedia entry regarding the creation and development of the product, and its relative benefits as a food alternative are the topic of unsmiling discussion in the media.

On the other hand, I see that they don't offer it in green.
- Sid

4 comments:

  1. This is funny! Somehow I think that front end loaders for riot control wouldn't work.

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  2. Ah, obviously you've never been picked up by a front end loader with 30 other people.


    - Sid

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  4. There has been some else that has made the connection between the movie and the product! She is a food blogger.

    https://www.meghantelpner.com/blog/the-soylent-killer/

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