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		robin-a on Jan 27, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Eating and coocking is so inneficient, bet... And, why Soylent is called Soylent: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soylent_Green

legerdemain on Jan 27, 2022 [–]

In the book that the movie is loosely based on, Soylent Green is made, as its name suggests, from lentils and soy. They changed it to people for the movie, without telling the author.

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