Ruby Granger #15 Dustcore

[scrantonstrangler]

Out of curiosity, I did go on the Waybackmachine and there are only 7 saves of her channel. None of them are in may 2019 so you can't find the deleted video. If you search hard enough someone probably has a reupload somewhere. Found this gem though

Oh yes, because when I'm ill I want to focus on acting like a fictional character! Even when convalescing your main priority should be roleplaying productively. Thank you Ruby!

 

[Griftwood]

Because that would require practise and effort. Everything is shallow and surface level with her.

She really doesn’t have any skills, does she? She doesn’t play an instrument, doesn’t do a craft or draw/paint, can’t cook or bake.apart from unappetising things where she’s eliminated sugar and fat. Her only hobby outside of studying is flopping around on her trampoline or airtrack and looking like she’s two seconds away from breaking her neck.

 

[thelivingend]

this is so funny to me like all she had to do is turn the bottle around so the word HONEY wouldn’t be so incriminatingly on display

 

[lizzie2707]

I'm 22 (geez I just turned 22 two days ago and it has not sunk in yet) and I think to a certain extent we should cut ourselves some slack and not worry too much about what we're supposed to do as adults. Everyone does things at their own pace. As long as you're striving to do the best you can and be as independent as you can in your circumstances we shouldn't stress too much about it. I say this because feeling mature and independent is something that I struggle with to the point of obsession (a large part of this stress stems from the fact that I am deathly afraid of driving) and I know I personally should be easier on myself in that regard.

Happy Birthday! I turned 22 at the end of July and it definitely still hasn't sunk in I'm 100% with you on this - it's a weird age where you simultaneously are an adult, you've lived fairly independently for a few years if you went to uni, you may be getting a job, you may be carrying on studying, but you're also still not quite sure how the world works, and you probably haven't figured out yet exactly who you are or what you want to do. At least I hope that's normal and it's not just me having a mild identity crisis lmao. And everyone is at different stages of development. A couple of days ago I went on Facebook to discover that someone in my year at uni, who I had multiple classes with, is fucking engaged. This has happened a couple of times now and it honestly gives me the biggest shock every time. I've never even had a proper boyfriend lmao how the fuck are there people my age settling down It's fine though, because I have no interest in dating, and I know she and her partner have been together years and are very much in love. We're at very different stages of our lives in that respect, and that's okay because we're both doing what's right for us. The thing that worries me with Ruby isn't that she's not doing certain things, it's the reasoning behind it. If she doesn't want to drink and party and have sex that's fine, lots of people don't enjoy that kind of thing and it says absolutely nothing negative about her as a person. But if the reason she avoids that stuff is because she thinks people who enjoy them are in some way intellectually inferior to her, that's different. To figure out who you are, you have to step outside your comfort zone sometimes - that may be with how you spend your time, what you read or watch or listen to, who you spend time with. Just anything to widen your perspective on the world. If you enjoy certain 'childish' things, but are also able to engage with the real, adult world when necessary, and know that ultimately you are an adult, that's fine, you do you. If you hide in those things as a means of avoiding facing adulthood and adult issues, that's slightly different. Ruby will never figure out who she is if she never attempts to broaden her horizons in any way, and just pretends to be a child for the rest of her life.

 

[countcontessa]

OT but I've always thought it bizarre that Ruby said (used to say?) her favourite word was 'productivity'. How sad do you have to be to pick what is effectively corporate jargon from thousands of beautiful English words? And for someone who supposedly reads as much as she does

 

[Dinoegg]

Hi, thanks snom4444 and gossipguy for replying to me. I understand that you thank Ruby's busywork is inefficient. However, my problem is that gossipguy said it took her an "hour" to write the timetable she showed when we have no idea how long it took her. I don't think that's reasonable because you shouldn't accuse her of things you don't know to be true, even if you suspect them based on past behaviour. Otherwise there is misinformation about her on a publicly accessible forum.
She may have shown poor time management in previous videos, but she did not show "atrocious time management" at all in this video like gossipguy claimed - you can have your suspicions, she could have done so in the past, but like anyone she is "innocent until proven guilty" or it just becomes unfair or could be lying.

Lets be honest she probably did take an hour to do it, she is the queen of completing unnecessary tasks after all

p.s. it’s not that deep, gossipguy has hardly accused roobee of murder x

 

[lottie28]

Molly just recommended Ruby’s YouTube on her Instagram stories specifically as something that makes her smile on bad days. So… pretty much a given that someone with an ED asked her this referencing her ED too… and she’s pointing them towards Ruby’s channel.
Just really scummy behaviour now. I’m actually interested to know whether she thinks Ruby’s videos aren’t triggering anymore so it’s ok? Or she really doesn’t care as long as she realises tagging Ruby means that Ruby’s followers will be directed to her page too.

 

[studyttubingbetoxictho]

I agree with anyone saying she does not really read the books. I don’t understand why she has to pretend to be a bookworm though. I’m a bookworm, I love books and tend to get excited over them. My reviews reflect that too. Her reviews do not belong to a bookworm. She usually seems like she has no clue what the book is about. She never gets excited, gives details about a book. No one has to be a bookworm. I have many friends who do not read for pleasure but are doing great at their professions.

because she wants/desires to appear like a bookworm. Wants the role of 'the bookworm' being presented to her audience (and to herself) rather than actually living it. I always feel like her videos are somewhat self-gratuitous. It's as if she is vicariously living through them.

 

[chocolate choux]

Also I’m shocked at the surfing videos? I don’t understand how in some clips she looks so underweight/sick and in this she just looks like normal?
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I think it’s because we don’t usually see her in such tight clothes. Her usual style is looser, she often wears black tights which are slimming, and even when she has bare legs the cuts of her skirts give her legs the illusion of being even smaller (or at least that’s the case for me and our body types are similar). She’s also normally in control of the camera angles. It might not be entirely intentional as the vintage style she wears is just cut like that, though I do think a lot of it is intentional. Her style just makes it easier.

 

[Ilaariaa]

Yeah, I don't get how throwing yourself in at the deep end (and spending loads of money in the process) is actually going to help.

She was trying to seem more likeable and down to earth but it backfired egregiously because no normal person would buy a freaking house because they get jittery when they're home alone. It's like buying a plane and hiring a private pilot to get over your fear of flying. If anything this explanation makes her seem even more out of touch. She really did not need to make up an excuse about her mental health to justify her (or her parents') decision to invest in a rental property.

 

[heroesfeast]

That and it allows her to show herself accomplishing more in a day than anyone else physically can, because it was actually shot over a month.

I wouldn’t be surprised if she honestly believes that the Ruby Granger she presents in those videos is the "true Ruby". Those fictitious days in her life are how she would live every single day, if not for those pesky external factors that always in the way. But those aren’t her fault, because how can she help it if the library doesn’t have the book she needs for her course, or she doesn’t feel like reading book XYZ today, or the essay question was totally unfair, or Notion crashed, or her parents come into her room to ask such inane questions as if Ruby could please clean up her room, or she can’t find the right aesthetic for the notes she wants to rewrite for the third time, or … You know, things that never happen to anyone else, only to Ruby. So really, she isn’t lying, she is the queen of productivity! It’s just that the world always gets in her way specifically. Cutting together footage from several days is fair play to level out the playing field.

 

[howaboutnot]

One thing that I have noticed about Ruby is the more I watch her videos.. she just seems more and more.. fictional. Like we all know she's basically living in her own dark-ACADAYYYMIA, cottagecore, "slow living" (side-note can someone explain the concept of slow living to me, I've only heard it from Ruby and I just don't understand what it's about) bubble, and then there's the lying but even then.. idk, maybe it's all the twirling around in fields or something??

The concept of slow living is actually pretty cool: consume less (as in buying stuff, not a nod to EDs) and take a slower approach to life. By this it means eliminating busywork, and not packing your calendar with social events you feel obligated to do but aren't looking forward to.
Some of my slow living friends also say that giving back to your local community, and helping to nurture that sense of community is also part of the movement, but I'm not sure I've seen that represented as much on YT channels.

Side note: the slow living movement grew out of the slow food movement which started in Italy in the 80s as a reaction to fast food. Slow food just means trying to eat locally grown produce, and traditional dishes instead of fast food.

Ruby's interpretation of 'slow living' with her endless buying/ being gifted lots of new clothes, never-ending busywork, and emphasis on cramming in as many books she can 'read' in a year just for the sake of numbers really irks me. Those things all go against the slow living ethos.

Hope this helps a bit!

 

[Ilaariaa]

I wish I never found out about Ruby threads. I thought that Ruby lives the way she shows us. But she is more like an imaginary character. She was my motivation and even motivated me to go to one of the best Universities in my country (for free). Because of her I started waking up at 6-7 am, enjoying mornings and nature, planning my day, reading books. I though she is real. And now I’m just disappointed and have realised that she has mental and self-esteem issues. And that’s all mostly a lie. She’s not clever or kind at all and doesn’t even a true bookworm. I’m so upset... Sometimes it would be better without knowing truth. Now can’t watch her videos, it seems too unrealistic... what have you done guyssssss (sorry for my English)

I had a similar experience with Ruby, I discovered her videos on Youtube and, as usual, I would just put them on in the background of whatever I was doing. I remember the first of her videos I watched was her weekly schedule video. As someone who had just recently started their second year of uni and their first year of living alone, and who was also doing an internship at the time that occupied a lot of my time, I was struggling a bit to keep up with everything, and I was really impressed with how well she seemed to be doing. It really inspired me to organize my life better. I still think that back then Ruby was way more well-adjusted than she is now, at the time of those pre-Covid uni videos. She was acting like the young woman in university that she is, not like a toddler frolicking about her parents' garden all day.

 

[as1994]

What in the world is art academia? Is it a new word for hipster?

 

[Ilaariaa]

I don't understand why her outfits of the day never include shoes. You can tell she doesn't leave the house because she has no responsibilities. When people post ootd's they usually put on shoes as well because, you know, they have to go somewhere lol

 

[strawberrylemonade514]

I can feel so much stress and anxiety radiating off her in her new video. Such a difference looking back on other vlogs of her laughing, talking with a genuine smile, and getting excited over little things. I can just sense this feeling of forced authenticity and it's very off-putting. And her obsession with fall is starting to become odd. Like...I thought you're supposed to "live in the moment" "and appreciate life as it comes to you." This is coming from someone who used to watch her videos religiously and idolized her. Oh and of course we have the multiple clothing changes. For someone who wants to be kind to the earth and live simply, she sure wastes a lot of water with excess laundry.

 

[lespotins]

I couldn’t get over the courgette porridge, that was literally oats, courgette and milk? Water? Who knows? I’m all for bland food in the mornings but no sugar or spices? I was heaving a bit with that recipe.

Right! Came here to say this. I can almost guarantee that this will be a Holly Gabrielle situation whereby in a few years time she'll finally open up about her years of struggling with orthorexia or another ED. I understand some people genuinely like blander foods but oats, water and courgette is on another level.

 

[Ilaariaa]

I made the mistake of wondering - how bad could the review really be? I think that 'meaningless word soup' is about the politest thing you could call the review also 'intercept', holy shit, this girl is an English Literature student but you wouldn't guess it. And I could be wrong but I'm sure she describes a lot of different books with stuff about the past and future intersecting... like yes, Ruby, that is how timelines work. And how can a book be 'etched' with memories?? There's so much to unpack here!!

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tl;dr - *slaps roof of book review* this bad boy can fit so much absolute bullshit in it

Intercept.
Jesus Christ Ruby open a fucking dictionary. This is beyond embarassing for an Eng Lit student.
Quiscent is not a word either and I'm not sure quiescent would mean anything in that context either
I hope Grammarly reach out to sponsor her because something needs to be done here jfc

 

[gossip_guy]

Wasn't her last video also a booksHeLf tour?

But this is the "in-depth" bookshelf tour, because she "likes to go into depth" about each of her books.

Let's see what keen insight and detail we get.

""French Poetry." This is the French poetry one."

 

[Scapier88]

So are we suppose to pack snacks and prepare breakfast now for in five weeks