TEENS vs. FOOD - SOYLENT

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- (Vince) Today, you're gonna be eating this.
- What is this?

- Is this, like, cocaine?
(laughing) What?

- It looks like sand.

- That doesn't smell good.
That smells, like, starchy.

- It just looks like
ground-up flour, like wheat flour.

- I think it's pancake mix,
and that you have cooked pancakes

over there that you're about
to put on a plate for me.

- It reminds me of something,
a drink mix or something,

so I feel like you're gonna
give me some drink.

But it's gonna be horrible.

- It's just a whole bunch of powder.
Like, I don't know what this is.

Oh, is it Soylent?

- Is this that powder you put in a drink

that this company invented
where it's like a protein shake

or something, but you can live off it.

It gives you all the nutrients you need.

- This is weird.

It's, like, just a tray of powder.

I could be Scarface though. (laughs)

Gotta dip my nose in here
and just start talking crap to people.

I'm just kidding.

- (Vince) To clarify,
you don't actually eat it.

You drink it, so we mixed
it with water for you.

- Oh, is this Soylent?

- Is this that soy--
that thing you can drink,

like you can only drink
that and you'll live.

- This is that? Oh.

I'm scared.

- That's not so bad.

- (wincing)

It tastes like very diluted milk.

- It's like soggy cereal.

- This is a little liquidier
that I thought it would have been.

This tastes like crushed up Cheerios.

- Like, if someone were to grind
Mini-Wheats into a powder form,

and then put it in water,
I guess, or soy milk,

that's what it tastes like.

- It's good.

It tastes like a milkshake without sugar.

- It smells like soy milk.

Ew, it's really slimy.

It turns from goo into water, kind of.
That's so gross.

- That tastes like Graham Crackers
without the sweetness,

cut with really bad bran flakes.

It's like milk, but it's not like milk.

- (Vince) You don't have to drink it all.
- Oh, I don't?

- (Vince laughs) No.
- Maybe I want to!

(slurping)

I definitely did not want
to drink all of that.

- Why would anyone drink this?

- It's not bad.

But it's not good.

- (Vince) You just drank Soylent.
- Soy-- Soylent?

- What is that?

- The [bleep] is Soylent?

- (Vince) Soylent was designed
by a group of engineers

as a meal replacement.

It is nutritionally complete
and it's a sustainable

and ecological alternative
to food production.

Although not intended to be,
you could essentially drink

a couple bottles of this a day
and never need to eat other foods.

- That's weird.

I mean, I could put it in a smoothie.

That's the only way I could drink this,

but I wouldn't just drink
this straight up.

- I think I watched a news YouTube channel.

When the guy first came out with it,
he lived off of it for,

I don't know, months.

- So what you're saying
is that I just drank my supper.

I was planning on eating after this.

- I'd, like, never have time in the morning,

so that would be a really
awesome thing to have before school.

- Who wants to do that instead of eat food?

Food is good. It tastes great.

- (Finebros) The powder
you have in front of you

is about a day's worth of meals.
- This is a day.

This is-- this is sand.
This is not food.

- (Finebros) Critics are saying
Soylent is not practical

because it takes
all the joy out of eating.

- Yeah, you know, chewing is fun.

- If that's the future
of humanity, I'm kind of scared.

- That would be a horrible life,
to just live off this.

People make plans based off, like,
"Hey, where do you wanna eat?"

Your life would just suck.

- This is a great idea for the future.

Like, for people who work full-time,
go to school full-time,

this is such an affordable and easy option.

- (Vince) Lastly, do you
recommend people try Soylent?

- I definitely think it was an experience,
so I would say yeah.

- Yeah, I think people should try it.

- There is no point
in even remotely looking into this.

- If you want flavor in your life,
this is not where you wanna be at, at all.

- Don't do it. Just, like--
just eat a steak.

- Just regular Soylent in a cup?
Yes. Yes, I would.

- Yeah, if you're trying
to become more healthy,

this is an easy way
to get all your nutrition in.

- I do, actually.

Might as well know how it tastes like
'cause, maybe in 20 years,

this is the only thing
you're going to have to eat.

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- I'm off to get a real meal. Bye!