To be fair, I am a proper grown up with a responsible job and I still that myself to a new pencil case at this time of year - I have no permanent desk or locker at work so having a pencil case with the stuff I need it in makes sense. I also still handwrite most of my notes, I just can’t get on with digital note-taking systems and by handwriting a) I’m keeping up my handwriting skill and b) it actually helps me to remember things better than typing.
I am absolutely certain I saw her respond to a comment a couple of weeks ago of someone telling her to try reading Spanish poetry, cheeky how she’s taken that idea and used it for an adShe loves to read Spanish poetry!We keep learning fascinating new facts about Roobee through the ads she does.
Everything in this picture exudes sadness: the face, the outfit, the whole situation. Her eccentricity is getting out of hand.
Yes but she has only shown us Monday Tuesday and Wednesday we still have another four days in the week which in Ruby's world is four different routines
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.
I must admit that my own knowledge of Lawrence is very limited. I've only ever read Lady Chatterley and I didn't know he wrote that which, I agree is appalling. I don't like that he wrote that and I can understand why his opinions on "natural" orgasms would be an outdated and anachronistic view in these times. I loved Lady Chatterley and as with so many writers both modern and not, I think it is important to love their work with the caveat of the context of the times they lived. I loved LC because I thought the characters and plot were beautiful and important. That's enough. I don't go into reading a book necessarily knowing anything about the writer. The writer themselves isn't important; their skill at telling a story is. DH Lawrence was a flawed human being who could write a bloody good story. For me, that's all I need. For Ruby, I think that is what she needs to open her mind to. She has a very limited, very childlike view of the world and it needs to be exposed to the more grown up and adult half of her life.
Yeah, she clearly has no interest, no understanding and did no research into dark academia when she latched onto it as a fad.
Also, this was not just honey. This was Daylesford honey - given their prices (Daylesford is not just a ‘garden centre’, it’s an insanely expensive lifestyle and organic food brand) those bees have probably been given massages, spa-days and counselling so that any honey was willing donated to allow people like Ruby to enjoy their bounty guilt-free …
Encased in amber and mounted on a walking cane for when ED-induced osteoporosis kicks in.
Totally this. Myself and my partner are fully-grown adults, I work full-time in a fairly responsible job (if you can believe that lol) but because my partner is self-employed in the creative industries the hoops we had to jump through to get a mortgage were pretty significant. I really don’t believe that Ruby holds the mortgage on her cottage alone and I’m sceptical that she was able to buy it by putting down the minimum deposit. For a start, it’s really difficult for a first-time buyer to be able to buy a house to let out, because the banks like you to already own a property so that you have something behind you if it all goes tits-up - and if she has a BTL mortgage then the ‘minimum deposit’ was probably quite a bit higher than it would have been for a residential mortgage. Given that her dad works in finance I’m sure he knows all the loopholes (or knows someone who knows …) that would have allowed Ruby to be a landlord at 19 given that her main income is from YouTube, but there is no way that she has done this ‘alone’.
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Thank you so much, I was wanting to watch this for a while now!First time poster, long time lurkerfound a (possibly dodgy) link to the video where Ruby says she has bought a house:
That reminds of Grace (Grackle on YouTube) who wanted to address her homesickness: she came up with a reasonable method by actually staying in a hotel or AirBnB for a night every so often. She didn't go and buy a house.
That's absolutely fair and thank you for being so gracious when we discussed this. The ability to see differing points of view about something is becoming a fading skill in these times. Thank you and I agree, literary discussion is a lovely thing on these threads! xxI do agree that Ruby would benefit from opening her mind to a wider range of literature (and views about the world). Even if she intends to do an MA in Children's Lit it would do her no end of good to explore and engage with other texts.
As to your points about Lady Chatterley. I agree to an extent: it is important to view texts through the lens of the time they were writing. In its historical context, it's an important book. As to it being a good story.. had DH Lawrence not dehumanised Sir Clifford over the course of the novel and said that he essentially deserved what he got on account of his paraplegia, I wouldn't have felt it necessary to read up on his view of euthanasia and eugenics. When an author's politics shines through with so bigoted a light I find it hard to see the story as a good/ enjoyable one.
I know this is a massive tangent from talking about Ruby, so thanks for taking time to share opinions. I often think there are more interesting discussions about literature on this thread than on Ruby's GR page.
I thought she was wearing a kilt and a sporran for a sec.
