Once upon a time, there was an American computer programmer who decided that it took just too much time and effort to feed himself, and took up time that he might otherwise be spending programming computers. So he decided to invent not having to eat.
He went onto the internet and Googled all of the things that humans need to ingest in order to survive, mixed it all up in approximately the right proportions, and put it in a bottle.
He was able to survive consuming only this concoction, with some tweaks along the way, for some time before some of his computer programmer friends saw how much programming he was doing without having to take breaks to prepare and eat food, and they convinced him to put it onto the market. He called it Soylent, after the 1973 movie Soylent Green, in which the eponymous food (spoiler alert) is people. To be fair, I believe it was only Soylent Green that was people, and not other colours of Soylent, but that's a distinction that only computer programmers and film nerds care about.
Soylent doesn't ship to Australia, but there is a knock-off made here called (wincefully) Aussielent. I have some, and on those days that I don't simply forget to grab a bottle on my way out, I have been consuming it for my lunch at work. It's cheaper and arguably more nutritious than food court food.
It tastes like something that you might expect a computer programmer to invent. It has a nominal vanilla flavour, but it is almost like an afterthought. It's not unpleasant, but it isn't especially pleasant either. It is filling enough, although I seem to be more hungry in the evenings than I would be if I ate "real" food at lunchtime. Moreover, it means that I don't have to deal with the food court in the week before Christmas. So it's a win-win.
The above history of Soylent may or may not be completely accurate.
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