mawarannahr posted:

it's not plant based? 😩😩😩😩😩

Mola Yam posted:

last time they tried to get everyone back to the office they hired a couple of pseudoscientist hucksters to give us an hour long presentation on this kind of poo poo







we need to mindmeld and run our fingers over our coworkers to unlock maximum productivity. can't do that on teams.

mawarannahr posted:

it's not plant based? 😩😩😩😩😩

Mola Yam posted:

last time they tried to get everyone back to the office they hired a couple of pseudoscientist hucksters to give us an hour long presentation on this kind of poo poo







we need to mindmeld and run our fingers over our coworkers to unlock maximum productivity. can't do that on teams.

Paradoxish posted:

Is there loving anyone who is a non-managerial employee who actually wants this poo poo? I'm not even talking about the awful rear end color scheme for tweens, I mean literally sitting shoulder to shoulder with coworkers at tables that would be embarrassingly small for a coffee shop.

The last regular in-person office job I had was great because everyone had their own offices and you literally never had to deal with common spaces unless you wanted to be in one. I still wouldn't go back, but the actual environment was fine. I look at this picture and being forced to spend 8 hours of every weekday there seems like some kind of insane psychological torture.

making your employees rush in to work early to get a decent seat is some legitimate psychopath poo poo

strange feelings re Daisy posted:

The flavors I looked up are not plant based, they're mostly made of cassein and whey(dairy protein).

quote:

By working with mega influencers and paying for splashy podcast sponsorships, Magic Spoon has convinced people to spend $40 for cereal from the internet.

After attending a panel about turning insects into sustainable protein, Brown University students Gabi Lewis and Greg Sewitz became obsessed with crickets. They spent time between philosophy and English classes farming and crushing crickets into protein powder to pour over shakes and bake into bars. Shortly after graduating, the two turned their passion into full-time jobs, launching cricket protein company Exo in the spring of 2013. In early 2014, they partnered with Michelin star chef Kyle Connaughton to concoct blueberry vanilla and cocoa nut cricket protein bars.

“You would’ve never known there were crickets in there unless I told you,” says Lewis, now 31, who originally hails from Scotland. They went on to raise $1.6 million from Wild Ventures, Collaborative Funds, among others, and sell their bars in Equinox and other health-forward retailers, landing on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2016.

After running the business for five years, they sold it for an undisclosed sum to consumable insect giant Aspire Food Group in March 2018. After bringing a new protein to the masses, they wanted to shake up a breakfast staple: cereal. After six months of research and testing, they approached investors with Magic Spoon: a grain-free, keto-friendly breakfast cereal with zero-to-two grams of sugar and 13-plus grams of protein. And unlike every other breakfast cereal, Sewitz and Lewis insisted they would sell Magic Spoon direct-to-consumer.

quote:

There's so many iconic cereal brands, but they're the same ones that everyone has known for literally 30 to 40 years," says Magic Spoon CEO and cofounder Greg Sewitz (R). "For that reason, there's a big opportunity to set ourselves apart."

Halser posted:

it's a workplace panopticon. You have no privacy so people can always tell if you're slacking off.

Ghost Leviathan posted:

Pretty sure this is absolutely ideal for the people who just chat all day

Paradoxish posted:

Is there loving anyone who is a non-managerial employee who actually wants this poo poo? I'm not even talking about the awful rear end color scheme for tweens, I mean literally sitting shoulder to shoulder with coworkers at tables that would be embarrassingly small for a coffee shop.

The last regular in-person office job I had was great because everyone had their own offices and you literally never had to deal with common spaces unless you wanted to be in one. I still wouldn't go back, but the actual environment was fine. I look at this picture and being forced to spend 8 hours of every weekday there seems like some kind of insane psychological torture.

blatman posted:

i think if i was trying to break into the cereal market i'd instead go the direction of futurama bachelor chow

cheap, enough nutrition to avoid scurvy, can eat it for every meal

Tars Tarkas posted:

These crappy cereals are in Target near me eating up aisle space while the seasonal target brand caramel apple granola I waited all year for got stocked for less than a week. One of their cereals was zombie themed iirc.

There is also Snoop cereal new recently

Smythe posted:

Precambrian Video Games posted:

Further lol:



They advertise "No cane sugar, corn syrup, or sugar alcohols" instead using monk fruit syrup and allulose, though AFAICT allulose is functionally similar to erythritol but even less well-tested.

Canned Sunshine posted:

Same. My local Target actually has no house-brand cereals anymore; it's all brands including Magic Spoon

Xaris posted:

anyways cereal is overpriced junk, just eat grits like an adult.

mawarannahr posted:

apparently their whole thing is not being plant based
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexan...sh=78d15a94231e

Precambrian Video Games posted:

Further lol:



They advertise "No cane sugar, corn syrup, or sugar alcohols" instead using monk fruit syrup and allulose, though AFAICT allulose is functionally similar to erythritol but even less well-tested.

Xaris posted:

did they get rid of Archer Farms cereal? that was target's house-brand although i dont remember them having much. anyways cereal is overpriced junk, just eat oatmeal like an adult. it was one thing when you could get a 32oz family size box of crispix for $2 in the 2000s, it's another now that it's shrunk to like 14 oz and costs $9

cnn posted:

If you think prices will go down in the future, you may delay making a lot of purchases today. When many people start to think that way, people spend a lot less money. That causes employers to lay off workers and can put an economy into a recession.

mawarannahr posted:

in awe at the absolute power of the almighty consumer

quote:

Japan infamously had a period dubbed “the lost decade” from 1991 to 2001, when its economy continued to shrink as it experienced deflation. It took subsequent decades of stimulative measures to reintroduce inflation to help grow the economy.

Precambrian Video Games posted:

Back in the olden days my group would do pair coding usually by having one person sit at their desk and another watch over their shoulder, or both on laptops basically as shown there. It took covid to make us realize that either of those setups is strictly worse than both people just sitting at their own desks with multiple monitors and a screen share.

Skaffen-Amtiskaw posted:

Oh boy. NEOM is a hoot. Enjoy looking at the promo material and thinking of all the ways it doesn’t make any sense.

quote:

A cognitive city stretching across 170 kilometers, from the epic mountains of NEOM across inspirational desert valleys to the beautiful Red Sea. A mirrored architectural masterpiece towering 500 meters above sea level, but a land-saving 200 meters wide. THE LINE redefines the concept of urban development and what cities of the future will look like. A civilizational revolution, its unparalleled livability can be explored at THE LINE Exhibition – now welcoming visitors in Riyadh.

Xaris posted:

subjugating an entire generation of kids to the whims of coked up+qualudes-brained Gen X-ers clockwork orange-style was certainly an interesting science experiment.

certainly explains a lot about millennials now that i think about it

Real Mean Queen posted:

Seriously if you read this thread and haven’t looked at NEOM’s website, you are missing out. It’s a bunch of idea guys pitching Dubai 2, a fully sustainable theme park city of tomorrow geared exclusively toward services for the futuristically wealthy. My favorite section is The Line, which is like Long Kowloon But Actually Really Nice, just a big loving box full of city arranged in a straight line.

You can invest today at https://www.neom.com/en-us/regions/theline

Precambrian Video Games posted:

Magic Spoon moved into its new offices this year. The space was designed with social media aesthetics.

When Ms. Bourlakas photographed Magic Spoon’s new SoHo space, her Instagram followers seemed dazzled.

“So many people commented, like ‘Oh my gosh, it’s so sick,’” said Ms. Bourlakas, who recently left Magic Spoon for another job. “‘It’s so Magic Spoon coded.’”

Mola Yam posted:

we need to mindmeld and run our fingers over our coworkers to unlock maximum productivity. can't do that on teams.

strange feelings re Daisy posted:

I switched to steel cut oats for breakfast this year. I buy it in bulk bags.

I make a big batch in my pressure cooker once a week and microwave portions as needed. It's more filling than boxed cereal, better for your teeth, cheaper, a good source of fiber, and just leaves me feeling better. If I want it more flavorful I add vanilla, pieces of fruit, nuts, cinnamon, etc.

Precambrian Video Games posted:

Further lol:



They advertise "No cane sugar, corn syrup, or sugar alcohols" instead using monk fruit syrup and allulose, though AFAICT allulose is functionally similar to erythritol but even less well-tested.

Mr Hootington posted:

Content creation