Is it even available for public consumption yet? I’m kind of wondering if it might help me lose weight if I drank, like half of a package (or less, considering Lee’s experiences) during a day. Not exclusively. I don’t think I could do that, but maybe for two or three days a week.
I’m wondering that too, Nabiki.
Is this the legit site? If so, it will be available around December, it looks like.
I just saw @Lee_Ars’s article about Soylent now shipping. Very cool! Sadly, I didn’t preorder.
Yeah, you can actually order some now and expect to get it within a few weeks, I believe. If what they’re telling me is true, once they ramp deliveries up to full volume, they’ll be able to sustain that level of production and shipping.
Ooh. I need to make sure to read that article when I get home. I’ve been keeping up on the Soylent blogs, though, so I knew that they’d started shipping. I haven’t gotten the ship notice for my starter kit yet, but I’m hoping to see it soon.
Lee on TV!! Well, maybe not TV TV, but it was like TV, just online. @Lee_Ars was one of the people talking about Soylent on a news-y program. 
Geez, it’s almost 20 minutes long. I zoned out after about 10. The hag lady droning on didn’t help at all.
Hah! Well, it was all off the cuff—didn’t get the invite until yesterday evening. It was interesting how pro-“regular” food the other folks were, but it’s definitely not my job to defend Soylent. I just responded how I felt.
Have you gotten your Soylent yet? I still haven’t received anything, but I’m not expecting anything for at least a few more weeks since I only ordered two weeks.
No, sadly, my journalism privilege is all for naught: I have to wait like everyone else. It’s not stopping me from e-mail Rob Rhinehart and being like “WHERE MY SOYLENT AT ROB,” but it’s not really helping anything, either 
So, you got your shipping notice, huh? I look forward to seeing what you think of the official product.
There will be posts. And those posts will almost certainly talk about farts.
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I read the new article. I’m kind of disappointed to see that it’s still chalky, but I look forward to eventually getting my own order to judge for myself. 
Yeah, I was a little disappointed as well. It got quite a bit better after letting it sit overnight, but even now there’s still…it’s hard to describe. It’s like, after taking a sip and swallowing, everything from mid-tongue back to the start of my esophagus is coated in silt. Not grit, just a glue-y slime of fine-grained mud.
It’s not terrible, but it’s definitely there. Some people seem to notice it more than others; there’s a dude on the official forums who is raving about how Soylent is knocking years off his age and making him feel literally like superman, so it’s obviously not bothering him.
Have you been continuing your Soylent diet? From the last update, it looks like it will still be a while before they start shipping the smaller orders…
Will be posting a thing about that some time this week. Soylent’s been filling in for the odd breakfast and lunch, but no more than that. As a snack and supplement, it’s great.
I liked the new article. It addresses a lot of the “Oh my God, the sky is falling!” types of articles I’ve seen in a nice, logical way and puts Soylent into perspective.
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This is Matt’s dog, Leo. He doesn’t have anything to do with this story, but just look at his awesome stupid face.
LMAO!!!
Just finished the article; good job, @Lee_Ars. I was irked the other day when I read an article that I would classify as a sensationalist piece of trash. Started out with something along the lines of “OMG, RESEARCH SHOWS THAT NOT EATING REAL FOOD WILL KILL YOU”, and the bulk of the article was crap. Then at the end, they admitted that the research was from too small a test pool, it didn’t actually address the issue to which they were trying to apply it, and oh yeah, someone else pointed out how it was inherently flawed, too… so they guessed Soylent was probably ok, especially since most people weren’t trying to live on it exclusively.
So to sum it up, Lee’s article was way better - nothing like the drek I’ve seen elsewhere.
I cast threadus resurrectus!
So after waiting a full six months, our test order came in. To recap, my now 4-year-old still lives solely on toddler (up to 24 months) formula. To give you an idea of the will we’re contending with here, we recently had to throw away one of the bottle nipples because it was so torn up and damaged. We put a different shape of nipple on it–same substance, slightly different presentation. He didn’t like it. He didn’t like it to the extent that he refused to eat for 48 hours (upon which time Grandma relented, as she was babysitting).
So when people tell us we should just not make him bottles and sooner or later he’ll get hungry enough to eat food, I feel fully justified in punching them in the face. 48 hours without food is around the point where I stop feeling hunger. (The first 48 hours of a fast just suck; after that, I can do it indefinitely.)
I was hoping that the Soylent consistency/flavor would be something roughly analogous to the formula. I’ve tried it a few times; it’s not nearly so disgusting as that. I won’t say it’s wonderful, but I’ve certain had worse in terms of protein smoothies, etc. Following the directions also helps. This is v1.3, by the way. I experienced none of the entertaining yet horrifying gastrointestinal catastrophes so eloquently narrated in Lee’s articles.
(So just as I wrote that, he asked for a bottle. I added one formula scoop of Soylent in lieu of one of the four scoops of formula. We will try phasing it in. I have hope. I already dumped a shot of it in Siglet Primus’ oatmeal and he didn’t even notice.)
This isn’t a victory; it’s a stopgap. But it’s worth a shot. In general, our strategy right now is to try to keep introducing new variables into their lives and generally make them more comfortable with change. There are so many worse problems we could have, so I’m truly grateful for how healthy and happy they are, but this is a vexing problem and I want to solve it. I’ve promised myself never to complain about how much it costs to feed them when they are teenagers.
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