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30 Days of Soylent | Day 11
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Party and Soylent (and Party and Soylent). I like going to places and events alone. Exploring a space is as much a personal discovery as a geographic one. However, in a big, small town like Nashville, it’s hard to go places and not know people. How does this relate to Soylent? This project has reinforced these thoughts for me. Some days it feels like I have an eternity of beige powder left to choke down. Others, its consumption becomes automatic like breathing and I focus on the rest of life.
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30 Days of Soylent | Day 12
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To me, food (like much of life), is a delicate balance of chaos and order. As a kid, trips to the grocery store with my Mom almost felt like being on a gameshow. We had a precise list of items to get: Vitamin D Milk, Morning Star Vegetarian Breakfast Sausages, Pulp-Free Tropicana Orange Juice, Haagen Dazs Coffee Ice Cream, Boar’s Head Roast Beef — nice and rare slices. Is making order from chaos. Another way to impose order onto chaos. 8:00PM : Cheat Meal #2 Lamb Burgers! Sign up for emails.
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30 Days of Soylent | Day 00
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In which I preview my perception of things to come. I’ll be the first to admit that this whole project is quite abnormal. I’m sure that the idea of replacing a “traditional food” diet with a mysterious nutrient-replacement powder disgusts many, if not all, of you. Conversations with friends and family reveal a polarized split between support and criticism. Ldquo;good luck alex.”. To be honest, I’ve built up a lot of internal anticipation regarding this project. On the pure utilitarian level, food consume...
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30 Days of Soylent | Day 02
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Is this. healthy? Getting out of bed today was painful. Yes, I did a small workout last night. Yes, it was the first real exercise I’ve done in more than a few weeks. Yes, I have the occasional multi-snooze morning. Somehow this felt different. Maybe it’s just a dose of self-imposed psychology. My own experiment playing cruel mental tricks on me. But how can I not feel some resistance? I consulted with my friend Ander Wilson. Why would you put your body through that? It’s not that I think I’m immun...
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30 Days of Soylent | Day 16
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Why Is Simple So Damn Hard? I’m a design nerd and an immediate fanboy of anything simple and experience-oriented. From single-feature software to intelligent kitchen utensils made from cutting edge materials, well-designed items that last a lifetime are simply delightful to use. A product is great when I use it and feel like the designer spied on me during intimate moments of struggle with inferior competition. Unfortunately, simplicity is only half the battle. Arguably, this experience isn’t that ...
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30 Days of Soylent | Day 08
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A Closer Look at the Label. Rosa Labs markets Soylent as a “total food replacement powder,” with the intention of replacing food altogether. Their website’s about page. Ldquo;Soylent is a food product designed for use as a staple meal by all adults. Each serving of Soylent provides maximum nutrition with minimum effort. Maize (corn) is the most produced staple food in the world. But how does the nutrient content of Soylent compare against a diet of traditional food? Could you do it without a calculator?
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30 Days of Soylent | Day 13
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I was so excited to eat my (. Homemade lamb burgers that I forgot to take a picture until the last bite. Sauteed bell peppers and onions. Gooey feta. Toasted sourdough bun. Cheers to Trevor for the PBR. A Closer Look at the Label. Party and Soylent (and Party and Soylent). Sign up for emails. A project by Compound. All designs, images, and code created by Alex Tapper. No official relationship to Soylent. Sign up for emails.
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30 Days of Soylent | Day 09
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Khaki-colored foodstuff powder mix,. Recognized as safe, by the FDA. You taste like crumbled oats and flour bricks. Might this be just how horses think of hay? Ldquo;Future food” designed for mass consumption,. Intended as a staple for adults. Nutritious yes, at least by my assumption. And quickly turning into quite the cult. I thought I might survive on you alone:. No pizza pie nor beer nor fries for I! So 30 days “real food” I will postpone. But still I cannot figure out just why. Sign up for emails.
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30 Days of Soylent | Day 17
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Is there ever a point to anything besides the process? External battles prove who is stronger, but internal battles test your persistence, your courage, your moral rectitude. Or your stupidity. Without a particular goal in mind, without gaining any direct benefits upon completion of the 30 days, and certainly without any benefits to my psychology or physiology, should I continue to grit my teeth and bear it? Will there be triumphant satisfaction on day 30? Am I just a persistent jerk who laughs at the co...