Oh dear just picked my small human up from nursery and got told he had crumpets for his afternoon snack and all I could think was don't you mean pikelets
She absolutely has no clue. Her entire (mis)understanding of dark academia amounts to: "The fetishization of candles, dark and/or plaid clothes and school." Her "everything you need to know about dark academia" video is more of an expose of how flimsy her understanding of dark academia (and most of the interests she claims to have) truly is. It's full of vague, confused nonsense and stuff she clearly copied from the results of a basic Google search. She can't research for tit, and her interest in anything rarely dips below the surface level, which is always on full display in her "complete guide" videos.At this point, I'm not even 100% sure that she understands what dark academia is.
No thankfully afaik this is very very uncommon/never happens (correct me if I’m wrong tho)This is a bit OT but I'm curious. I'm from the US so I don't know much about the application process for Oxbridge but does family/wealth play an "unofficial" role in accepting students?
I'm only asking because here in the US some rich families help "secure" their children a spot at Princeton/Harvard/wherever by "donating" money or just because their family has a reputation for attending whatever university.
Ruby obviously comes from a wealthy family but I'd imagine more preticious kids are applying alongaide of her. And with nothing else under her belt besides her grades I can't imagine her getting in.
Some of that footage is at least a month old - without wanting to sound weird, I noticed that in part of it she’s looking at bluebells and they’ve been finished for a while. I think she mixes and matches footage from different times. She also put up some similar though the looking glass footage a few months ago so I think some of it’s from then too.pure speculation but if she doesn't get in she might blame it on her eating disorder...similarly if her diss ends up being a train wreck she could claim that she was too ill to be able to write it to her fullest potential i wouldn't put it past her
side note: in her alice in wonderland and """gymnastics""" videos she seems to be perfectly healthy so i think she's being very, very manipulative with her angles in her stories (unless the footage is old)
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Pffft, amateur. I only play chess on Tuesdays in leap years, when the moon is in the House of Aquarius and a three-legged sheep has been born in a very specific region of south Wales."Tend to play chess in the evenings."
She's so pretentious...it actually hurts.
She always recycles footage. In one of her evening routines she makes herself tea, takes it up to her bedroom, but then when she shows a shot of her pouring the tea it's during the daytime, then it switches back to her in her bedroom at night drinking it. At one point she takes a "sip" from her teacup but it looks like there's nothing even in it.Some of that footage is at least a month old - without wanting to sound weird, I noticed that in part of it she’s looking at bluebells and they’ve been finished for a while. I think she mixes and matches footage from different times. She also put up some similar though the looking glass footage a few months ago so I think some of it’s from then too.
Man after I finished my thesis and handed it in I couldn't even bear to read it over one more time. I needed to make a few layout adjustments in order to have it printed and I dreaded it so much I got my boyfriend to do it lmaohas nobody told ruby that no matter how excited you are about your disso to start with, by the time it’s handed it you’ll never ever ever want to even look at that subject ever again? because she might just put herself off victoriana and “dark academia“ for life LOL
And in the chat for her last video she also promised the return of 'study with me' videos. Nothing says giving the people what they want quite like making even more of your least-watched content.Recycling old content and then wondering why her subscribers/followers are going down ???
Yup sounds like Ruby.
"I made a video of me playing and winning three games of chess with grandmaster champions later that day, but my camera battery died. I filmed me winning 50 games in a row a few days later but the SD card was corrupt! I just took a few pictures of me posing next to a chess board instead as a quick backup. "View attachment 650391
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I also noticed that her Victorian videos literally just use the same few sources and quotes so you literally get near enough the same information (same quote about leaving the window open for example) but remember she did soooooo much research for each videoShe always recycles footage. In one of her evening routines she makes herself tea, takes it up to her bedroom, but then when she shows a shot of her pouring the tea it's during the daytime, then it switches back to her in her bedroom at night drinking it. At one point she takes a "sip" from her teacup but it looks like there's nothing even in it.
It's annoying because it's just out of laziness and shows how tit she is at continuity when it comes to filming and editing. And it adds to the fact that everything she does is incredibly staged/preformative. I wish she could just be herself. I think her channel would be more successful if she just dropped all the aesthetic bull crap and was herself.
One of my favourite YouTubers does a thrift series and each episode is presented as if it were a single day but is actually compiled from days/weeks of footage. The difference? He's open and honest about it. Doesn't add misleading titles claiming it was all accomplished in one day, and usually has a disclaimer that it's filmed across multiple days since logistically, interesting thrift finds don't usually happen all at once.
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At 2:28 she pours tea in the daytime during her nighttime routine video
At 2:41 it's nighttime again!
At 2:47 daytime again!
At 2:59 she "takes a sip" of tea. You cant sit here and tell me that she actually took a sip! It looks so fake and that's she's only doing it for the camera.
Look I don't give a tit whether she took a sip or not. It's the fake preformative "aesthetic" way she acts in her video that annoys me. Just stop Ruby. Try and be a little more authentic. You look stupid and lazy
At this point I'm dubious if Ruby even has a personality under all the fad aesthetics. Her persona is Frankensteined together from Pinterest fads, Hermione Granger and clothes ideas and interests she stole from Blakeney.It's annoying because it's just out of laziness and shows how tit she is at continuity when it comes to filming and editing. And it adds to the fact that everything she does is incredibly staged/preformative. I wish she could just be herself. I think her channel would be more successful if she just dropped all the aesthetic bull crap and was herself.
Bold of you to assume she has a self outside of the aesthetic bollocks...She always recycles footage. In one of her evening routines she makes herself tea, takes it up to her bedroom, but then when she shows a shot of her pouring the tea it's during the daytime, then it switches back to her in her bedroom at night drinking it. At one point she takes a "sip" from her teacup but it looks like there's nothing even in it.
It's annoying because it's just out of laziness and shows how tit she is at continuity when it comes to filming and editing. And it adds to the fact that everything she does is incredibly staged/preformative. I wish she could just be herself. I think her channel would be more successful if she just dropped all the aesthetic bull crap and was herself.
Think it’s more common than we realise, a couple of people who went to oxford with influencer grace beverley have claimed that one of the people who was on her admissions panel knew her and previously taught her . She comes from insane old money wealth though, if you google her Grandad, he was described as ‘one of margaret thatchers favourites’. I highly doubt that Ruby would have connections like that though.This is a bit OT but I'm curious. I'm from the US so I don't know much about the application process for Oxbridge but does family/wealth play an "unofficial" role in accepting students?
I'm only asking because here in the US some rich families help "secure" their children a spot at Princeton/Harvard/wherever by "donating" money or just because their family has a reputation for attending whatever university.
Ruby obviously comes from a wealthy family but I'd imagine more preticious kids are applying alongaide of her. And with nothing else under her belt besides her grades I can't imagine her getting in.
Plus Ruby's family doesn't appear to be THAT well off compared to some of the families who send their children to top universities. Even if Oxford was corrupt enough to give places in exchange for donations (and it doesn't), Daddy Bones doesn't exactly seem like a multimillionaire. Their house cost just under £800k and they sent her to a middle tier private school. Obv they may be hoarding wealth that we don't see, and they clearly had a hand in Ruby buying the cottageNo thankfully afaik this is very very uncommon/never happens (correct me if I’m wrong tho)
wealth can help though in terms of tuition/private education
EXACTLY! If you're going to recycle footage or film multiple times, over certain periods, etc. either put out a disclaimer or at least do it well. I wouldn't care if she didn't disclaim how she films or what clips she uses as long as she does it well. Like if you're gonna lie and try to present your content as put together at least TRY and do it well.One of my favourite YouTubers does a thrift series and each episode is presented as if it were a single day but is actually compiled from days/weeks of footage. The difference? He's open and honest about it. Doesn't add misleading titles claiming it was all accomplished in one day, and usually has a disclaimer that it's filmed across multiple days since logistically, interesting thrift finds don't usually happen all at once. What Ruby’s excuse?
Her persona is Frankensteined together from Pinterest fads, Hermione Granger and clothes ideas and interests she stole from Blakeney.
Ruby loves routine, needs to fill her days with to do lists, work etc and I think as is the holidays now and she is struggling a lot. Obviously she needs to work on herself a lot but I think the idea of taking a year out after undergrad would be terrifying for her unless it was to do something incredibly structured. I think she is floundering a bit at the moment with even dissertation prep being pretty unstructured and just a lot of googling and random research that can’t lead anywhere without a supervisor. Maybe she will improve once back at uni and an external structure (and maybe be forced into therapy?). I just can’t see her voluntarily taking a year out.I could see that as well but hey thats understandable, she's sick and needs helps.
If nothing else she should at least take a break between undergrad and postgrad. That's my biggest regret. I went straight into a graduate program after my undergrad and regret it so much. I wish I took a year off to work and get some more experience in the real world because now I'm in a program with loads of people older than me who have 10+ years experience and it's intimidating.
But Ruby would never take time off from uni, and she especially would NEVER take time off to work a real job. That's a joke.
Isn’t it a bit of a disadvantage now, at least for undergrad? When we were applying for uni (at a boarding school) the boarders were told to put whichever was the most disadvantaged area on their UCAS form, whether it was the school or their home address. Some people lived in Chelsea etc and were definitely told NOT to put that down as Oxbridge were trying to up their quota of disadvantaged kids. (obviously being a boarding school they weren’t exactly disadvantaged haha)No thankfully afaik this is very very uncommon/never happens (correct me if I’m wrong tho)
wealth can help though in terms of tuition/private education
Honestly, this girl is the biggest bullshitter I’ve seen. Why does she have to pretend to be into everything that would be deemed intellectual?! Makes me cringe so much. Only thing you’re good at Ruby is acting like a tit.View attachment 650391
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