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Soylent meal replacement set to hit market; not made of Humans
Technorati ^ | August 02, 2013 at 7:42 am | Curtis Silver

Posted on 08/05/2013 12:53:23 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Meal replacement drinks are nothing new. Jevity, Nutren are used primarily by hospitals and store shelves are full of supplemental drinks such as Ensure and MuscleMilk, but Soylent is something different in the sense that its creator, 24-year-old engineer Rob Rhinehart, wants it to test our perceptions of the sustainability of food. What are we truly putting into our bodies? To put it simply, bad stuff, that much is true. Soylent is full of good stuff.

A vegan source of protein, and an assortment of carbohydrates, amino acids, proteins and dozens of other vitamins, Soylent is not exactly lacking in the nutrition department. The drink (which is currently in Beta testing) has already gathered over $1 million in pre-orders, and there will be a party in August for the official launch. … And to be perfectly clear, the name is tongue-in-cheek and not related to Soylent Green, the fictional supplement made of people. …

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Food; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: ensure; jevity; mealreplacement; musclemilk; notsoylentgreen; nutren; robrhinehart; soybeans; soylent; vegan; vegetarianagenda
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1 posted on 08/05/2013 12:53:24 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai
Soylent meal replacement set to hit market; not made of Humans

Sure it isn't.

2 posted on 08/05/2013 12:53:49 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Olog-hai
not made of Humans

not yet

3 posted on 08/05/2013 12:55:36 PM PDT by showme_the_Glory (ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government)
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To: Olog-hai

“not made of humans”

And no Charlton Heston to prove otherwise...


4 posted on 08/05/2013 12:56:19 PM PDT by MacMattico
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To: Olog-hai

We are to ass-u-me it’s made of SOYa beans and LENTils, just like in the movie...


5 posted on 08/05/2013 12:57:47 PM PDT by null and void (You don't know what "cutting edge" means till you insult Mohammed.)
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To: Olog-hai

any fetuses? those ain’t human.


6 posted on 08/05/2013 12:59:51 PM PDT by 1_Rain_Drop
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To: Olog-hai

Does it taste like chicken?

If so, I’ll stick to bacon.


7 posted on 08/05/2013 1:00:26 PM PDT by pallis
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To: Olog-hai
Soylent meal replacement set to hit market; not made of Humans - Yet.

Maybe they'll make a formula made of dog for comrade 0bama.

8 posted on 08/05/2013 1:01:07 PM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (A Quiet Rage is Building All Across America!)
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To: Olog-hai

That’s OK I think I’ll pass anyway.


9 posted on 08/05/2013 1:02:04 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Olog-hai

Will make it easier for you to poop through the eye of a needle


10 posted on 08/05/2013 1:04:27 PM PDT by molson209 (Hillary Clinton)
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To: Olog-hai
Not made of humans?

Not made of HUMANS?

NOT MADE OF HUMANS?

SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!


11 posted on 08/05/2013 1:04:32 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Someday our schools will teach the difference between "lose" and "loose")
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To: Olog-hai

Soylent Green






It's People!

ML/LTOS


12 posted on 08/05/2013 1:06:00 PM PDT by left that other site (You Shall Know the Truth, and the Truth Shall Set You Free...John 8:32)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Is his company called the Soylent Corporation?


13 posted on 08/05/2013 1:06:22 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (The reason we own guns is to protect ourselves from those wanting to take our guns from us.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

darn it. Ya beat me to it!


14 posted on 08/05/2013 1:06:44 PM PDT by left that other site (You Shall Know the Truth, and the Truth Shall Set You Free...John 8:32)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Soylent Green is on TCM right now


15 posted on 08/05/2013 1:07:15 PM PDT by molson209 (Hillary Clinton)
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To: molson209

Thanks for the tip.


16 posted on 08/05/2013 1:10:05 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Regardless of harm/benefit, the choice of the name “Soylent” is marketing stupidity on a galactic scale.


17 posted on 08/05/2013 1:10:50 PM PDT by Wurlitzer (Nothing says "ignorance" like Islam! 969)
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To: Olog-hai

It’s made of people but they were vegans so it’s OK


18 posted on 08/05/2013 1:13:09 PM PDT by ari-freedom (I need to change my tagline.)
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To: Wurlitzer

Maybe that’s the intent?
Look how many “green” companies closed shop recently. There has to be a money making hidden scheme there and it’s not the product.


19 posted on 08/05/2013 1:14:33 PM PDT by 1_Rain_Drop
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To: dfwgator
Try the White-Mexican flavor.

It'll blow you away!

20 posted on 08/05/2013 1:15:38 PM PDT by Aevery_Freeman (Behavior Insights Team Exigency Monitoring Executive (BITEME))
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