Deeznutslol

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Of course Ruby's family are those kinds of insufferable royalists. View attachment 1316723View attachment 1316727
Anyone actually going hard with these celebrations is an absolute melt tbh, like has everyone suddenly forgotten that this year the Queen has spent literally millions of pounds funding her weirdo sons legal battle? Why would you want to celebrate her, especially at this time 😭just enjoy the bank holiday and be done with it…
 
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DrinaM

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Did anyone hear mother granger tell Ruby in a cross voice to 'clean up your paintbrush'? Its during the part when Roob was making herself the bowl of noodles 🤣

Its around 13mins 12 seconds. Sounds like 'You could clean up your paintbrush at least'
 
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Griftwood

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Dark academia summer activity = getting drunk out of your mind on absinthe and going into the woods at midnight to find an obscure mushroom that will unalive your enemies (i.e. academic rivals) without leaving a trace, but you run into them on the way there and decide to just unalive them right there and then, using the Pelikan 800 series fountain pen your estranged father gifted you for graduating top of your class and somehow didn’t demand to have back when you decided to major in art history instead of civil engineering.
 
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gossip_guy

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Judging by Martha's recent Instagram livestream, she apparently wasn't made aware of the family trip to Devon until after the fact and didn't get invited.

Which seems par for the course - all family events are planned around Ruby, and her parents will happily drive hundreds of miles to chauffeur her around, but Martha has to get the train by herself to and from uni and is mostly an afterthought to her parents.
 
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yeya

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I replied to her reply about the dress something like “wasn’t this filmed in May? There’s another similar post on your account.” and she blocked me. Maybe she blocked the other commenter too?
 
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Griftwood

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People, we’re severely misunderstanding her. It’s obvious she’s ascended to the next level and is now embodying an entirely new aesthetic - toddlercore! When you dressed yourself all by yourself today. When you really, really tried to color inside the lines. When you can only handle about 200 calories per meal because you’re just so smol. Say it with me: Toddlercore!
 
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YellowLadybird

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I don’t want to start anything else, but I saw that on Ruby’s personal channel she is subscribed to Girl in Calico. You can do your own research, but Girl in Calico is a known Christian fundamentalist and her content is… strange and albeit bigoted to say the least.
I can fully picture Ruby enjoying being a Fundamentalist Christian. The rules, structure, control and infantilisation of unmarried women are all right up her alley.
 
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gossip_guy

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She changed it to coincide! 😂

She clearly read tattle, but not as far down as your post!
Coming soon: "I conquistadored my archive visit with a trip home."

And she's inviting all this embarrassment just because she had to get defensive about yet another unnecessary trip home.
 
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roundmidnight

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C'mon guys. She clearly is being humble when she says she read 7 books. They were actually 8, when you count that one Ketchup bottle label that she set aside.
 
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gossip_guy

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I don't think they're in a relationship - I think it's just an intense friendship. I can't imagine Ruby would be that easy to get on with, and she has very 'specific' hobbies, habits and interests....I can also see her finding being part of a friendship group hard. Tbf I can sort of relate as I have one best friend and no one else 😂 I feel like she's one of the only people who 'gets' me and who I can be myself around.
But how many of her favourite fridge magnets have you forced her to remove? That's the true test of friendship right there.

I think they "spent" as much money in the video as I earn in a month 😆
Not to worry! You, too, can decorate your home so it looks just like Ruby's for a fraction of the cost!

Start by taking handfuls of dirt from outside. You're going to want to make sure you spread this all over the skirting boards, windowsills and doorframes. If you can find some random insects out there, that's a bonus! Sprinkle them wherever you prepare and serve your food.

Stop washing all dishes and cutlery. Simply pile them in the corner. Wistfully daydream that Daisy the kitchen maid from Downton Abbey will be along any second to wash them for you. This will instil in your mind the illusion of cleanliness when it comes time to reuse these befouled dishes.

Print out photos of young Victorian orphans and tape these anywhere you can think of that's not an obvious place to hang a decoration. Inside your oven. Behind the fridge. In your shower. On the sofa cushions. Inside your pillowcase. There's no wrong answer!

Steal your grandparents' oldest cushions and throws. If you don't have living grandparents, try taking some from the nearest old folks home or abandoned, derelict houses.

Check your local charity shops/thrift stores for anything a toddler might have in their room. Peppa Pig blankets, animal bath mats, an old abacus or a colourful xylophone are all great finds. Display these proudly in your living room.

You'll need a centrepiece rug. Visit your nearest carpet shop and ask them for a free small square sample of their cheapest, ugliest carpet. Place this in the centre of your living room. It may seem small at first, but if you keep tell yourself your new rug is gigantic, eventually you'll start to believe it.

Now it's time to make your murial. Peel stamps off old letters and stick them on the wall. Nail an old photo of a casual acquaintance next to it at a jaunty angle. Draw some simple shapes nearby in crayon. Mix glitter with PVA glue and smear it on the wall. And there you have it, your murial is done!

If you find that you already own nice things that suit your sense of style and look good in your home, be sure to throw these away and replace them with something far cheaper that may break at any moment. The Russian roulette of not knowing when a glass might shatter in your hand will add an element of excitement to your day.

You may be worrying that your new décor has no sense of uniformity and the colours clash and the whole affair makes you sad to look at. This is a good thing. The garish colours and mismatched styles will ensure that any intrusive visitors who stop by unannounced are frightened and confused by their surroundings and do not return again to interrupt your valuable study time.

And there you have it: A Ruby home makeover on a budget.
 
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Griftwood

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I just want a Roobee video. Morning routine, night routine, afternoon routine, writing routine, casual arsonist routine, I don’t care, I just want distraction. TW for OT and illness my mom’s final cancer treatment option didn’t work, the very last card has been played, now we just wait. I’ll be okay when it happens, it’s been a year of getting used to the idea and we’re both in a place where we can handle it, but man does it ever suck. Rootabaga and associated snark comprise 4 out of my 5 a day in entertainment, and she needs to deliver.

edit: also if you imagine me looking like my avatar, you’re just about correct
 
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zoeanned

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There are lots of important and well run organisations out there that are already committted to remembrance and sharing stories, and are managed by experienced professionals and those affected. It would be better to donate to these and promote awareness of them rather than doing a half-baked student notion project. It smacks of childish naivety and not fully understanding how people are affected. It’s distasteful and shows her lack of emotional intelligence imo.
 
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ibn-Bucephalus

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Isn't like proven or something that it is not productive to study for really long periods of time ?
In my head it's comon knowledge that working for 12 hours with one hour of break is not sustainable and you won't accomplish that much.
My cousin is doing his phd in nuclear chemistry and he studies less then Ruby when she was in High School.
(Long time lurker here, my first comment, woo!)

That's absolutely correct, and I have these issues myself. I'm currently in my third/final year of studying Philosophy & Religion at a northern uni and I've been struggling really badly with mental health and assessment workloads.

I'm still trying to work on my habits, which are super destructive. There have been days where I've done 12-14 hours of work without a proper break, and only stopping to eat/wash. It's bad for you mentally and physically. I realised it's become a problem when my friend pointed out the other day that the fact I've turned to downing 5-HTP to help me cope. Hell, today I finished my last assignment of the month (gotta finish my dissertation by the end of January) and it was weird actually having the time to myself.

But steering the conversation back to Rooby-Doo, I've found absolutely none of her study videos helpful when I thought I'd experiment and try some of her methods myself. I also feel sorry for Blakeney - I've been a doormat friend before and it's something she doesn't deserve. That said, if Blakeney made her own videos, I'd actually watch them and feel like they were genuine.

Also, reading these posts for the past few weeks has been quite illuminating to me. I took what she filmed at face value and didn't really think to criticise her because I just saw her as another studytuber. However, after seeing her incredibly problematic tendencies, I struggle to see anything else. As a guy who's struggled with ED before, seeing her post about food (or, that is, the lack thereof) really made me see my old thinking reflected in her.

On one hand, especially from my northern working-class perspective, she comes across as a stuck-up over-privileged petulant rich kid who's never faced any sort of hardship beyond being rejected by Waterstones. On the other, I just see a lonely girl who's almost like Pygmalion; Ruby's constructed an idea of herself as a sculptor creates a statue, and has fallen in love with it, all to her own detriment. We see part of the 'real Ruby', but she's so lost in her YouTube persona and her real self that she seems to be in the midst of an existential crisis, trying to figure out where her persona ends and real life begins (I'm trying to not turn this into some postmodern discussion about hyperreality, sorry if I derail this).It's clear that she seeks validation and is insecure about her intelligence - I'm the same. The best thing for her to do is realise the limits of her intellect, accept it, and work with it. Trying to come across as a prodigy isn't working for her. She doesn't know everything, and that's okay.

I've no doubt that she's read the posts on this site - is probably even the most active lurker. I can only hope that she sees her destructive behaviours and eventually tries to better herself. I think I'm an anomaly being a guy who watches her videos, so I'm assuming that her audience is mostly young girls/uni girls - I hope she realises the influence she actually holds and stops with the harmful content. There'll be people who genuinely look up to her, and it hurts me to think that some will try to emulate her *diet*.

Anyway, this wasn't remotely relevant to the discussion, I thought I'd just baptise my Tattle membership with my first-ever comment. It's nearly 06:00, these are just my tired disjointed ramblings, sorry!

P.S. Please don't follow Ruby's example and wear your bike helmets back-to-front - it goes without saying, but bashing your noggin is rather detrimental to your wellbeing. Then again, maybe it'd knock some sense into her head.
 
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gossip_guy

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She put hyacinths on the cake she made for her family. Yes, she said she would remove them but I have heard that they are one of the flowers to not use at all, even if removing before eating. A quick google showed me the following (from interflora's UK website):

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I mean, I'd already be reluctant to eat anything Ruby had cooked in that ebola farm of a kitchen, but if she's garnishing food with flowers that wild animals has pissed on and were also poisonous then there's no limit to how fast I'd toss that shit in the bin.
 
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