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e-foods

Posted: Sat July 14, 2018 2:19 pm
by washing machine
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As we trek further and further into the digital age, let's use this thread to theorize about the role that e-foods could play in our future. What will this digital food look like? How can it sustain us? What will it cost?

Re: e-foods

Posted: Sat July 14, 2018 2:33 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
Like, ordering food online? Or plugging in to a computer to get nutrients?

Re: e-foods

Posted: Sat July 14, 2018 2:34 pm
by washing machine
No one really knows yet, and that's what makes it so exciting.

Re: e-foods

Posted: Sat July 14, 2018 2:35 pm
by washing machine

Re: e-foods

Posted: Sat July 14, 2018 2:36 pm
by washing machine
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Re: e-foods

Posted: Sat July 14, 2018 3:21 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
Isn't that just a food dispenser?

Re: e-foods

Posted: Sat July 14, 2018 3:34 pm
by washing machine
Isn't food really just bytes of molecular data?

Re: e-foods

Posted: Sat July 14, 2018 3:34 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
Great now I'm hungry

Re: e-foods

Posted: Sat July 14, 2018 3:39 pm
by washing machine
E.H. Ruddock wrote:Great now I'm hungry
Wouldn't it be great if that could be solved via an app server?

Re: e-foods

Posted: Sat July 14, 2018 7:43 pm
by ---
the closest we'll ever come to meaningful gastrosentience is extracting the bowl of rancid macaroni & cheese that functions as the B account's primary cognitive engine

Re: e-foods

Posted: Sat July 14, 2018 7:45 pm
by ---
washing machine wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:Great now I'm hungry
Wouldn't it be great if that could be solved via an app server?
i'm placing this triple entendre amongst your more understated RM achievements

Re: e-foods

Posted: Sat July 14, 2018 7:50 pm
by washing machine
Cookies are clearing.

Re: e-foods

Posted: Sat July 14, 2018 7:57 pm
by ---
this begs the question: could one leverage this technology to throw an e-dinner party?

Re: e-foods

Posted: Sat July 14, 2018 8:00 pm
by washing machine
You are e-hosting a dinner party and can e-vite any five people you'd like, living or dead. Who gets your e-vites?

Re: e-foods

Posted: Sat July 14, 2018 8:04 pm
by ---
Bill Murray
Christopher Hitchens
Mark Twain
Harry Lime
Jim J. Bullock

Re: e-foods

Posted: Sat July 14, 2018 8:51 pm
by wease
*Jm

You can’t even spell his name right. He’s not coming to your party.

Re: e-foods

Posted: Sat July 14, 2018 8:54 pm
by BurtReynolds
This sounds terrible. Also profitable.

Let's do this.

Re: e-foods

Posted: Tue October 23, 2018 1:36 am
by washing machine
Pictured below: Don't be fooled! In the golden age of e-foods, the distinction between natural food (bottom tomato) and e-food (top tomato) is subtle.

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