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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 21 2014, @05:12PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 21 2014, @05:12PM (#4547)

    I just posted this above -- I find the name really off-putting precisely because of its cannibalistic meaning (eating human smoothie gruel). Is it really the permanent name?

    Any chance of changing it to something not inherently revolting?

  • (Score: 2, Informative) by SMI on Saturday February 22 2014, @07:50AM

    by SMI (333) on Saturday February 22 2014, @07:50AM (#4788)

    Maybe you aren't looking at it in the right light. Our common benefactor, Okian Warrior [dev.soylentnews.org], chose the name because the "product" is "people". This site is about the same thing, people. It's us people that give value to a site like this, hence the "Soylent News ...is people!". While that last part might seem confusing to someone who is unfamiliar with the original film, I do think that he had exactly the right idea. I hope this gives you a different perspective (and feel free to check out the original film, while a bit dated these days, it is still worth watching).

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 24 2014, @12:20PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 24 2014, @12:20PM (#5924)

      Thank you for the response... Yes, I understand the intended double entendre and the tagline, but the whole point is that if you DO understand it, you're still reminded of the original meaning. It's unavoidable. It's just a pretty gross name, to me.

      So for some of those who DO understand the meaning, it connotes something disgusting.

      And for those who do NOT understand the meaning, their reaction is "wha? what does Soylent mean and what's it have to do with tech?"

      The youngest of all might have only heard of the nutritionally suspect food replacement/kickstarter.

      I wish this altslashdot site nothing but success and was all on board with Fuck Beta. I just think the name is a poor choice.