Right now what kind of whey protein, and which veggie shake mix? Do I need to buy a blender?
It's more complicated. Hate is a strong word already. I don't think anyone (okay maybe a very tiny minority in sv or something where cool is defined differently from everywhere else) drinking soylent is trying to be hip or cool.
Do you hate people trying paleo diets? How about gluten free? I doubt it.
> Right now what kind of whey protein, and which veggie shake mix?
Pretty much any of either that is on the market. Soylent isn't that remarkable, nor is there a well-understood narrow optimum (despite Soylent both pretending that there is and that it is always right at that point even with the major formula changes.)
> Do I need to buy a blender?
No, just a closed container for shaking will work tolerably well, or a blender bottle/cup (the ones with either an agitator ball or internal fixed plastic blades to help with shaking a powder) is even better.
there isn't a well understood optimum but it's easy to screw up and get a vitamin b12 deficiency for instance, or to put too much fiber or sulfur and constantly pass gas, etc.
Why do you doubt that? I've come across people with limited appreciation of what going gluten free can do for others, who rail against it all the time. If someone uses the word "hate" to describe this unglamorous product, I'm sure they're capable of the same for other increasingly popular diets.
It's more complicated. Hate is a strong word already. I don't think anyone (okay maybe a very tiny minority in sv or something where cool is defined differently from everywhere else) drinking soylent is trying to be hip or cool.
Do you hate people trying paleo diets? How about gluten free? I doubt it.