Jack Edwards #2

DietGossip said:

Wait Jack's writing a novel?

Jesus why does every youtuber think they can write a novel

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Surprised he didn't mention having a degree in English lit this time

urfavepisces said:

Surprised he didn't mention having a degree in English lit this time

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I Went to Durham Uni Half a Decade Ago and Can’t Let It Go (and Other Stories)

Dedication: To Harry S (you know who you are) for your lyrics, your style and keeping me in content all these years xXxXx
Chapter 1: Rejected by Oxford (Part I)
Chapter 2: I Went to Durham Uni
Chapter 3: I Studied English Lit at Durham Uni
Chapter 4: Uni-verse and Studying at Durham Uni
Chapter 5: Snorting Coke off of the Students’ Union toilets at Durham Uni
Chapter 6: The tsss *giggle* years
Chapter 7: Rejected by Oxford for my Masters after Graduating Durham University
Chapter 8: Finding a Ghost Writer

Larancia said:

IKR! He aint broke he could have just get the metal ikea ones or something similar. It would be more sustainable. This one is already wonky and looks like its about to collapse any second. He wanted the aesthethic but all i feel is the cheap plastic smell.

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Yeah, I can't see the sense of it in any way.

If you don't want to spend money on furniture and have to lug it between AirBNBs all year, then don't buy any furniture at all? Wasting money on flimsy crap that looks like shit and isn't fit for purpose and that'll get tossed away in a week doesn't help in any way.

If you're going to buy temporary furniture and leave it behind when you leave, why not spend a couple of quid more and get a durable metal one that looks a lot nicer and won't collapse if someone sneezes a few streets away? Then if you don't want to take it with you, you can leave it for the next tenants to use and enjoy and it's not a huge waste of plastic.

If your "digital nomad lifestyle" prevents you from living the way you want to live and owning furniture and lots of possessions, that's probably a major sign that: A. This was a mistake, or B. You probably shouldn't be buying and keeping stacks and stacks of physical books that you don't read (or if you do read, will likely never read again) that require additional furniture and have to be lugged around the country all year with you.

This is stupid and wasteful any way it's painted.

DietGossip said:

Wait Jack's writing a novel?

Jesus why does every youtuber think they can write a novel

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Because their management teams want more revenue streams, regardless of quality.

In true influencer novel style, this will be a ghostwritten vanity project about a young YouTuber named J. Ack E'Dwards who embarks on a coming-of-age adventure of self-discovery and empowerment after being rejected by Oxford University.

Jack will just chime in with occasional notes for the actual writer of this loosely biographical wish fulfilment fantasy story.

Notes like:

"Have you mentioned how I was rejected by Oxford Uni a hundred times this chapter? Well...mention it, but in a passive-aggressive, self-deprecating way that shows that I was rejected, but I'm not bothered by it, even though deep down I am bothered by it? That shows that the character - me - has layers."

"Can we have a scene at the end where Oxford University learns the error of their ways at the end and begs me to enrol? But then I reject them? This will be a big character moment because it will show that I've moved on and don't need them to define me anymore. But still make sure my character keeps mentioning how he was rejected by Oxford Uni for the rest of the novel - that's his defining character trait."

"Can we have a final scene where Oxford University is struck by lightning at the end and completely burns to the ground? That will be a karmic payoff for me--I mean, the reader. Because I'm completely over it and have moved on, obvs, but the reader will probably want the villain of the story to get their comeuppance on my behalf, y'know?"

"Can we call the book 'Oxford University? More Like, "Oxford, U-Need-Me-Versity": The Jack Edwards Story'? That's the kind of wordplay that the English Lit scholars will really appreciate."

On a related note, has anybody read his University book? The ultimate guide, of course. I’m too stingy to part with a tenner to get a copy as I graduated a decade ago (getting old!)

roy said:

On a related note, has anybody read his University book? The ultimate guide, of course. I’m too stingy to part with a tenner to get a copy as I graduated a decade ago (getting old!)

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I actually got it before I got into uni... it's okay but there wasn't any content/advice you couldn't have gotten off the internet for free. Looking back, I wouldn't recommend it for the price.

roy said:

On a related note, has anybody read his University book? The ultimate guide, of course. I’m too stingy to part with a tenner to get a copy as I graduated a decade ago (getting old!)

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Yep PDF here - I don’t know what uni student this would appeal to.

MarthaBartha said:

Yep PDF here - I don’t know what uni student this would appeal to.

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Thanks for sharing, I got as far as the dedication and dipped.

"This book is dedicated to my A Level Biology teacher, who told me it was ‘time to start aiming lower’ – I’m glad I didn’t."

Considering Jack aimed high with Oxford, failed miserably and had to settle for Durham Uni and spent every year since with a chip on his shoulder about it, it seems like his biology teacher was right on the money. This ain't exactly the mic drop you intended, Jack.

It always amazes me that these studytubers learned nothing from that experience. Instead of realising that toxic productivity, endless studying and rote memorisation techniques will leave you ill-equipped for actual academia, while rounded interests and independent thought is more likely to attract the attention of admissions, they just act like they were unfairly scorned by Oxford and bitterly carry that grudge for years.

When every major "young genius" studytuber failed to get into their uni of choice, it's very telling. And it should be a major red flag that these are not the people to be telling others the best ways to study in a book they charge money for.

I think this is right, not least in academic research where there is an emphasis on making an original contribution to knowledge and extending the parameters of a field. Academics in university settings are the ones discovering knowledge, not mindlessly memorising information.

Used to giggle at his puns a couple of years ago.
Now, his puns and self-deprecating humor, along with his inability to complete a full sentence without inserting some joke, are becoming too much for me to handle.

gossip_guy said:

why not spend a couple of quid more and get a durable metal one that looks a lot nicer and won't collapse if someone sneezes a few streets away?

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omfg

Curious... Jack wrote a review for Vee's book, but not Jade's?

TheTatler said:

Used to giggle at his puns a couple of years ago.
Now, his puns and self-deprecating humor, along with his inability to complete a full sentence without inserting some joke, are becoming too much for me to handle.

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Omg, me! Can we just normalise not finding his lame jokes funny and cringing at everything he says

TheTatler said:

Curious... Jack wrote a review for Vee's book, but not Jade's?
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His review for Vee's book is so vague that it's clearly another "didn't read the book" situation.

There's also another glowing, but suspiciously vague review on Goodreads from Ruby, too, and her recent video of her pretending to read it show that the times she marked it finished don't add up, since she's still reading it in her video footage long after that time.

That alone looks suspect, but consider this: Jack and Ruby both coincidentally posted overwhelmingly positive, incredibly vague reviews on the exact same day (December 29th), one hour apart, even though they'd both been in possession of the book since the book launch on December 8th. Neither of them declare their links to Vee or their shared management situation in their reviews, which they absolutely should have done.

I highly suspect that Sixteenth, their shared management company, have cracked the whip to get all their talent promoting Vee's flagging book. Jack and Ruby are two of the most followed people on Goodreads, so they had them write positive reviews which hid their ties to Vee. Holly Gabrielle has also been waving the book around on-screen in some of her most recent videos.

Jade likely didn't need the assist, as she had a big studytube fanbase already buying and reviewing the book (even though that didn't help the book's sales beyond the first week or two). By comparison, Vee has a much smaller following and it appears that nobody is reviewing, and presumably not buying the book even in the first weeks of release. She has 10 reviews on Goodreads, and two are from people repped by the same agency. Others may be friends of Vee.

All told, this is shady as fuck, and doesn't paint anyone involved in a good light.

gossip_guy said:

His review for Vee's book is so vague that it's clearly another "didn't read the book" situation.

There's also another glowing, but suspiciously vague review on Goodreads from Ruby, too, and her recent video of her pretending to read it show that the times she marked it finished don't add up, since she's still reading it in her video footage long after that time.

That alone looks suspect, but consider this: Jack and Ruby both coincidentally posted overwhelmingly positive, incredibly vague reviews on the exact same day (December 29th), one hour apart, even though they'd both been in possession of the book since the book launch on December 8th. Neither of them declare their links to Vee or their shared management situation in their reviews, which they absolutely should have done.

I highly suspect that Sixteenth, their shared management company, have cracked the whip to get all their talent promoting Vee's flagging book. Jack and Ruby are two of the most followed people on Goodreads, so they had them write positive reviews which hid their ties to Vee. Holly Gabrielle has also been waving the book around on-screen in some of her most recent videos.

Jade likely didn't need the assist, as she had a big studytube fanbase already buying and reviewing the book (even though that didn't help the book's sales beyond the first week or two). By comparison, Vee has a much smaller following and it appears that nobody is reviewing, and presumably not buying the book even in the first weeks of release. She has 10 reviews on Goodreads, and two are from people repped by the same agency. Others may be friends of Vee.

All told, this is shady as fuck, and doesn't paint anyone involved in a good light.

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Pretty common isn't it, sadly. It does kind of cheapen their whole 'gimmick' if they're willing to throw 5 star reviews at their mates' books.

Bennycs said:

Pretty common isn't it, sadly. It does kind of cheapen their whole 'gimmick' if they're willing to throw 5 star reviews at their mates' books.

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Yup. Considering the pull quotes on the book itself are from Jack and Vee's other friends as well, it's a massive red flag.

If you're going to review your friend's book, go for it, but at least do the ethical bare minimum and preface it with a disclaimer that you know the author, are friends with them or have business ties to them. And maybe at least read the fucking thing, Jack.

Why do stufytubers think they can write anything that anyone would want to read? It is just a way to make money.

Whenever booktubers (or at least the ones I watch) review one of their friends's book they always make sure to mention it and say they might be biased because of it. Idk it seems like the least they could do if they want to be honest with their audience.

I haven't watched a video by Jack in a few months and I must admit, that he sometimes has some good book recommendations (in comparison to Ruby). But since when does he have 812.000 subscribers?

Jack's numbers in terms of views/subscriber ratio is actually very good. About a quarter to half. Much better than ratio of other "studytubers" who got big over the pandemic like Abdaal.

wolkenstadt said:

I haven't watched a video by Jack in a few months and I must admit, that he sometimes has some good book recommendations (in comparison to Ruby). But since when does he have 812.000 subscribers?

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Everyone has better recs compared to rubster