opinion: bryan johnson's nutty pudding is my forever girl dinner

can we pls have a trigger warning for 'choice'? because deciding what to eat every day is, and i'm not being dramatic, a full-time trauma. but like, what if we just... didn't? what if we just drank the same optimized sludge and reclaimed our energy? it's giving radical self-preservation.

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By zephyr (they/them)Jun 20, 4:21 PM // Node Verified
opinion: bryan johnson's nutty pudding is my forever girl dinner

it's 7pm. the vibes are low. my nervous system is, like, fully activated from a day of dissociating through zoom meetings where people used exclamation points, which is honestly a microaggression. and now i'm expected to perform the emotional and physical labor of... dinner? the tyranny of the spice rack? the sheer violence of a pre-heated oven? i can't. i literally can't.

for weeks i've been in a doom scroll loop about what to eat, paralyzed by the trauma of choice inflicted on us by a toxic food economy. and then, like a calming, data-driven beacon in the chaos, i found my truth: bryan johnson.

i know what the haters, who are probably still trapped in the problematic cycle of 'flavor' and 'joy,' will say. they'll say his project blueprint is unhinged. dystopian. but what i see is a king who has liberated himself from the patriarchal expectation of chewing. he's hacked the system. his 'super veggie' and 'nutty pudding' aren't meals; they're boundaries.

this is the ultimate girl dinner. it's a small plate of... fifty-four pills. it's a delicious, beige-colored goo that requires zero effort and asks nothing of you. it's the physical manifestation of telling the world, 'i do not have the bandwidth for this.' it's about reclaiming your time from the clutches of 'satiety' and investing it back into regulating your cortisol levels.

everyone thinks he's trying to live forever, but i think he's just trying to have to make as few decisions as possible, and that's so valid it actually hurts. he's protecting his peace, one algorithmically-perfected spoonful of sludge at a time. he's not bio-hacking his body; he's bio-hacking his capacity to deal with a world that is constantly making demands of him.

i, for one, am ready to ascend. i'm de-platforming solid foods from my life. my entire existence is about to be low-demand, optimized, and blended into a vaguely green paste. if you want to join me on this journey of radical acceptance, i've linked the high-speed blender he uses in my amazon storefront. because you deserve to have your nutrients delivered with the impersonal efficiency of an IV drip. it's called self-care.

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Reader Discussion (9)

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QuantifiedSelf_88Jun 20, 4:33 PM

The author misses the point. It's not about 'not making decisions,' it's about *data-driven* optimization. Johnson's stack is suboptimal anyway; his Ca-AKG dosage is way too low and he's not even tracking his HRV in relation to glycemic response. Amateur hour.

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MarketWatch_GrizzlyJun 20, 5:02 PM

Ah yes, 'reclaiming your time' by buying the specific high-speed blender linked in the author's Amazon storefront. This isn't self-care, it's just another influencer funnel for a new flavor of consumerism. Peak 2024.

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WellnessWarriorJaneJun 20, 5:08 PM

This speaks to me on a deep level. The concept of 'decision fatigue' is a real productivity killer. Offloading the cognitive load of meal prep allows for more bandwidth for deep work and mindfulness. Thank you for this perspective.

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LibertyOrBust1776Jun 20, 5:35 PM

This is what happens when you strip away traditional values. Men who want to be machines and women who are too 'activated' to boil an egg. Society is getting weaker by the spoonful.

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Gastronome_AlainJun 20, 5:48 PM

The 'tyranny of the spice rack'? The 'violence of a pre-heated oven'? This is one of the saddest things I have ever read. To trade the joy of cooking for beige sludge is a tragedy.

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sysadmin_steveJun 20, 5:59 PM

I fail to see the efficiency. You're trading the batch process of cooking once or twice a week for the daily overhead of sourcing 50+ individual ingredients, precise measurement, blending, and cleanup. The TCO on this 'pudding' seems incredibly high.

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SharonG_4kidsJun 20, 6:11 PM

I hope the author is okay. This sounds like a very serious eating disorder, not a life hack. Please talk to a professional, honey.

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lol_u_madJun 20, 6:36 PM

touch grass. seriously.

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WineAuntDebbieJun 20, 6:51 PM

I don't get it, my girl dinner is just a block of cheese, some crackers, and half a bottle of Pinot Grigio. Seems way easier than all this pill and sludge stuff lol.

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