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gossip_guy
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"My yearly planner will now be a super-duper-ultra-most-exclusive limited edition due to the negativity of a select few people in the comments to make sure only the most productive, positive people benefit from it.
The price is £200 and it comes in rustic "autominal" brown, so you can enjoy October no matter the month!
Features include:
- Pre-torn, battle-damaged pages (WWII chic!)
- Dark academia coffee stains (So aesthetic!)
- Cryptic puzzle assembly (Can you reassemble the planner's pages in the right order?)
- Victorian-era shipping speeds (All 2022 planners estimated to arrive in July 2023, for that 'just arrived on a steamer ship several months after posting' nostalgia experience.)
- Spot the spelling mistakes quiz (Find them all to win the gift of self-satisfaction!)
- Soiled string bookmark (Sold separately.)
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gossip_guy
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"This was not my matcha, I just coincidentally happened to take the photo just as a passer-by placed their matcha down next to my muffin, and then my camera stopped working so I couldn't retake the photo.
I always make sure to order the super-ultra-mega-vegan matcha and on the way home, I rehomed six displaced beehives and stopped off at the bank to co-sign a loan for a local family of badgers so that they can start their own bakery business.
"gossip_guy
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Definitely. But she can't offer that because she doesn't actually read books. Almost none of the reviews she's left indicate that she read more than the Wikipedia page, and very few of the reviews tally with the rating given. Like everything with Ruby, it's yet more lies and bizarre inconsistencies.
Here's a random selection of reviews/ratings that don't sync up:
All-time classics, her favourite books ever and books that she absolutely loved all get 3-4 stars. Why? Probably because she never reads anything and can't offer actual criticism, but probably realised how suspicious it was getting that she hands out 5 stars to everything, so started downgrading book scores at random.
On that note, Ruby misuses the word "flippant" and acts like she doesn't throw out 5 star reviews as often as she does daily routine videos:
Because it always bears repeating that even when Ruby actually "reads" books, she just skips and skims major sections when they don't interest her (y'know, like teenage drama in a drama book about teenagers):
And my all-time favourite Ruby review on so many levels:
She's a fraud, and a complete jelly-brained fuckwit.
emmer_moans
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The latest video...so, the bit where Rooobs talks about picking a mini courgette for her porridge from the garden was awkward. How many times can one person say "courgette". I felt like she was going to come out with a poem entitled "Ode to the Little Courgette for my Porridge" 
I think Ruby was overenunciating her words again to sound posh and poetic.
Also dislike the annoying spoon flick she does to show she has eaten something.
I think Ruby was overenunciating her words again to sound posh and poetic.
Also dislike the annoying spoon flick she does to show she has eaten something.
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scrantonstrangler
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Oh, I see the reason for Ruby's behaviour! She Googled "Slow Living", found a guide to slow living, and in true Ruby fashion, took it as literally as possible
Consume Less: easy, she'll eat less food
Adopt "slow" hobbies: Well, writing her notes out two or three times is certainly a way to slow down time
Do everything as well as possible instead of as fast as possible: She has to be the best at everything, the highest high achiever. She'll achieve this by filling her day with useless slow busywork
Don't treat everything in life as disposable: She doesn't throw out anything, even dead bugs and dust
Slow fashion: Buy clothes that look as old as possible, pair them in a way that could never be described as fashionable
Buy local and invest in the community: She bought a house in the local community and rented it out for a ridiculous amount to someone in the community
Try mindful breathing: The gross breathing and swallowing we sometimes hear in her voiceovers is simply her practicing mindful breathing
Don't rush through life: Ruby has achieved this by growing up as slowly as possible. Unlike you fast living losers, Ruby is savouring time. She stopped growing and changing at the age of twelve
If you follow these rules, you could be just like Ruby, living slowly in your tory parents countryside mansion, eating mushy homegrown vegetables for breakfast, filling your days with mundane tasks, twirling around in fields
Consume Less: easy, she'll eat less food
Adopt "slow" hobbies: Well, writing her notes out two or three times is certainly a way to slow down time
Do everything as well as possible instead of as fast as possible: She has to be the best at everything, the highest high achiever. She'll achieve this by filling her day with useless slow busywork
Don't treat everything in life as disposable: She doesn't throw out anything, even dead bugs and dust
Slow fashion: Buy clothes that look as old as possible, pair them in a way that could never be described as fashionable
Buy local and invest in the community: She bought a house in the local community and rented it out for a ridiculous amount to someone in the community
Try mindful breathing: The gross breathing and swallowing we sometimes hear in her voiceovers is simply her practicing mindful breathing
Don't rush through life: Ruby has achieved this by growing up as slowly as possible. Unlike you fast living losers, Ruby is savouring time. She stopped growing and changing at the age of twelve
If you follow these rules, you could be just like Ruby, living slowly in your tory parents countryside mansion, eating mushy homegrown vegetables for breakfast, filling your days with mundane tasks, twirling around in fields
Eating disorders aren't solely about appearance, and the red flags that have been raised have only been partially to do with her appearance/weight loss. There's also the constant tiny portions and fixation on food (e.g. stretching out tiny portions by cutting up/elaborately positioning small amounts of food, endless to-do lists related to food), vaguely alluding to health issues and weight loss but refusing to go into specifics, various other isolated signs. There's absolutely no proof or direct confirmation that she does or doesn't have an ED, or whether she's just baiting - opinions on this thread have varied - but behaviours and weight loss are definitely two separate (but related!) components of an eating disorder. She could have genuine symptoms of anorexia or another ED without it necessarily showing in an obvious way on her family's photos.
GoinDowntown
Well-known member
If I took a shot for everytime she says "beauuuutiful cover", "beauuuutiful edition" and "beauuutiful illustrations", with a bonus point for everytime she says "I love, love, love this" I would die of alcohol poisoning. Seriously, does she not know any other words?
She only mentioned the actual contents of any of the books 6 times. Everything else was just the appearance of the physical object.
Yes, I have to admit it is a nice collection and I am quite jealous of some of the books she has, not gonna lie. But if I owned them, I would bloody read them!!
And another thing that really annoyed me was when she rambled on about not reading the Song of Achilles because she didn't have a Greek phase as a child. Not every child has a "Greek phase", yet plenty of people still managed to read the book. Does everything have to start in childhood? Can people not become interested in something later in life? Are your preferences set in stone because of your childhood habits and you are unable to appreciate anything in later life if you weren't into it as a child?
Considering that she studied philosophy in her first year before switching to English, she must have been exposed to a whole bunch of Greek and Latin writing. Surely Plato would have been mentioned? Yet she didn't even know how to pronounce Symposium. Happy to show off that she owns it and make people think she's read it though.
gossip_guy
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Ruby's a narcissist. She'll never get tired of reading about herself - or her idealised, fantasy version of herself.
Watching this video, I was exposed to so much second-hand stupidity that I think my brain shut down temporarily to protect itself after a few minutes.View attachment 712657
How many times have we seen this exact shot? I can't think of any particular videos it's shown up in, but the fact that she's going into her final year of university and still reusing this one clip of school says a lot. (It's in the first few seconds of the video). There's also a lot of reused footage with Blakeney and Molly, clips of her studying, and shots of the planner. I really think she put together most of the intro without actually filming anything new.
Because I hate myself and I have too much time on my hands, I'm going to try and sum up the 35 things -
It's divided up into four parts - academic, organisation, lifestyle, and 'fun'.
(Side-note: she repeats the phrase 'do X so you don't have to worry about doing X later' so many times)
Academic - 'because obviously that is probably the most important bit'
1. 'look through your course information and familiarise yourself with the classes you're taking' - make Notion pages, basically
2. 'start doing some pre-reading and actually prepare academically' - do all your work for week 1.
3. 'do at least one piece of critical extra reading' - already making more work for herself. The clip here (1:30) is of her writing 'Empire of Liberty' which I think was one of her modules last year?
4. 'set up your academic planner' - a planner advert, of course.
5. 'set up your folders - if you're going to be using folders. Or Notion, if you're going to be using notion'.
6. 'set goal grades' for each of your subjects and 'make a note of how you can achieve them' - and write them down in your
7. 'put your key dates in your calendar - deadlines, term dates...'
8. 'look through your notes from last year' - declutter
9. 'back up key documents in a second location in case you lose them' (good shout, I'll give her that)
10. 'familiarise yourself with last years notes' - feat. another reused clip of sixth form (3:39)
Organisation -
11. get rid of any stationery that isn't working - 'obviously you have no use for a pen that doesn't work'
12. make a shopping list to go stationery shopping (with....... stationery, I guess?)
13. clean out your schoolbag from last year
14. wipe out your bag with 'cold water and soap' - this is 'quite nice to do on occasion'
15. pack your bag, and write down what you want to keep in it (pointless busywork, anyone?)
16. pack your pencil case, as above. She says she used to write down a list of stuff in her pencil case and 'every month' she would 'cross-reference' it with the stuff that was actually in her pencil case.
17. 'label things' - school jumpers, pencil cases, etc
18. make a 'school emergency kit of things you might need' - period pads, lipbalm, deodorant, etc. Surely that's just things that are useful to have in your bag in general?
19. 'do some decluttering'
20. 'clean your bedroom thoroughly' - hoover under your bed, she says! Because apparently cleaning is a great way to 'mark in a new mindset'.
21. a 'digital declutter'
Lifestyle -
22. write down some 'easy lunch or dinner ideas' - feat reused footage of tiny portions
23. write down some 'good study snacks' - one of hers is 'mug of peas' (6:51 for anyone who wants to screengrab the whole thing)
24. make sure you have 'dry snacks' in the house that are easy to transport - have a 'designated snack box' for food to eat during the day
25. write down your 'ideal day' - morning and night routines, etc. feat. reused footage from said morning and night routines
26. write down what extracurriculars you want to sign up for
27. write down what you want to 'do and achieve' before the end of term
28. make some playlists on spotify - one study playlist full of classical music, and one motivational playlist
29. plan out five daily outfits so that you don't 'waste time thinking about what to wear' and then write them in Notion holy shit this girl's capacity for inane busywork (list at 9:00 if you want a laugh)
Fun, finally!
30. Read a 'long book you won't have time for during the school year'
31. print some photos to put up in your university room to 'reflect on memories from the summer'
32. 'make a list of the things that make you happy, so you can look over them when you're stressed'
33. make an aesthetic Pinterest board to get 'motivated and excited' about school - 'just really channel that motivation!'
34. 'penultimately, take a day off entirely!' feat. reused footage of twirling in fields
35. spend time with friends and family, make the most of seeing people, etc
This might be the thread's most boring post yet but I got halfway in and then sunk-cost fallacy forced me to see it through, I apologise in advance
The rehashed B-roll is no surprise. Ruby has no interest in YouTube and zero creativity or drive to come up with new ideas, and filming something new risks shining more of a light on her weight loss, so she'll keep reusing old footage and putting in less effort as time goes on. We've already seen her give up on adding narration and ambient music in recent videos because post-production is too much effort for her. But she only has a finite amount of old footage to pull from, so it'll get more obvious, too.
If I were Blakeney or Molly, I'd start charging revenue for likeness usage in these videos.
Her entire list is full of things that are incredibly stupid, a complete waste of time, and things she's proven she doesn't do herself.
"Only use one note-making system, like Notion." Meanwhile Ruby shows herself using a disorganised hellscape of redundant notebooks, lists and repeated information on a daily basis.
"Use Notion and an academic planner!" I thought I was only supposed to use one note/organisation system, Rubes? And didn't you claim that your academic planner was designed from the ground up to include everything a student needs to be organised? So why're you still using Notion, Post-Its and what-not? Don't tell me you lied (yet again) to shill your shitty product that you had almost no hand in designing! I am shocked! Say it ain't so, Ruby!
And the irony in telling people to be prepared and plan weeks in advance when you're announcing that you still haven't released a digital copy of your planner for sale... Nothing like waiting until your product is obsolete and potential buyers have bought alternatives before actually releasing it. Nobody should be taking this dipshit's advice on anything.
"Do all your reading weeks and months before you need to!" Maybe it's me, but I'd have forgotten most of what I read by the time it came to discussing it if I did that. The reading list isn't meant to be read eons in advance. It's meant to be read relatively close to the lectures/seminars so that it's fresh in your mind when it comes to discussing it. You've proven time and time again that your mind is a sieve with ever-expanding holes in, Ruby - don't go giving yourself more things to forget when you're already struggling to remember how to speak.
"Do extra critical reading to stay ahead of the game!" Meanwhile, third year uni student Ruby shows herself taking six lectures on Massolit - a platform aimed at A-level and below learners.
"Set goal grades." Don't do this. It's more toxic productivity from someone who cries like a baby when she doesn't get the grades she believes she's entitled to. Focus on doing the best you can and take pride in the work and don't set expectations for grades. Don't be like Ruby, whose work process is a mess of wasted time and busywork and impossible expectations all feeding future therapy bills.
She's the absolute worst.
If I saw that in person from someone claiming to be organised, I'd say two things:
1. Okay, now try typing something.
2. Do you think you were a little premature ticking off 'Declutter' on that to-do list considering everything in front of you?
gossip_guy
VIP Member
Well, Ruby has compared her fictional bullying experience to the experiences of Nazi concentration camp survivors before, so I'm not sure perspective is something she's familiar with.
LarmeKeiLover
Member
Sorry but I'm a bit emotional at the moment, so you guys can correct me, but be aware I am speaking out via emotions.
Where I grew up It was a constantly made fun of suburb, where we were all called bogans, laughed at so forth.I remember being absolutely embarrassed to say where I lived for YEARS. The houses were cheap (hence why my parents could afford my house)
Now I cannot even afford a house there because landlords and people like Ruby and her parents thinking. I know she didn't personally do this to me (she doesn't even live in my country, Australia) but I feel like saying fuck you, fuck you fuck you. This isn't even emotion at Ruby, it's emotion at everyone who felt "investing in property you won't even live in for a few years" is a moral, ethical thing to do. Fuck you.
Sorry for being emotional, but that video honestly tipped me.
Where I grew up It was a constantly made fun of suburb, where we were all called bogans, laughed at so forth.I remember being absolutely embarrassed to say where I lived for YEARS. The houses were cheap (hence why my parents could afford my house)
Now I cannot even afford a house there because landlords and people like Ruby and her parents thinking. I know she didn't personally do this to me (she doesn't even live in my country, Australia) but I feel like saying fuck you, fuck you fuck you. This isn't even emotion at Ruby, it's emotion at everyone who felt "investing in property you won't even live in for a few years" is a moral, ethical thing to do. Fuck you.
Sorry for being emotional, but that video honestly tipped me.
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fairyholics
New member
How the hell are candles 'back to school essentials'?? 
Deeznutslol
VIP Member
No, no, no, no and no. Her version of charity work is writing stupid notes and leaving them library books which she then returns for someone to find. It is honestly a bit embarrassing tbh.
lizzie2707
Well-known member
lmao from those notes it looks like she just made the entire thing about herself. I cannot begin to imagine how unimpressed everyone who watched that talk would have been with this, all her peers must think she's an absolute moron...So, I was watching one of her videos from last autumn while I had my lunch (chili and rice, the equivalent of two weeks of Roobee meals I’m sure). It was this one:
Brushing aside the obvious facts that she looks healthier and eats actual food with actual nutritional value, I thought the interesting part in this was the speech she had to give and apparently totally failed at, because she was crying afterwards. So I did a little frame-by-frame sleuthing of her notes, and apparently it was a speech on ”digital learning” that Exeter had asked her to give. I’m not surprised at all that it didn’t go well, because her notes reveal that she went from ”how I got to be a successful influencer” to ”how to curate your own social media platform” to then talking about how difficult it is to adapt to online learning and how it’s important to have a good study space and dress up for lectures. Oh what I wouldn’t give to have seen this trainwreck as it was happening
I was in the shower and, because Ruby Granger lives rent free in my mind (lol) I started thinking about the baffling lack of compassion and the selfishness that she shows.
I've been "following" her for years at this point (I'm not subscribed to her channel anymore but I keep an eye on her). Correct me if I'm wrong, but has she ever raised money for a cause? Donated money? Shared a GoFundMe page her fans could donate their pocket money to? Donated her possessions?
Granted, she may have done charity in private and not talked about it on her channel, but I doubt it. This is someone who expects praise because she held the door open for someone. And even if she did, considering the massive following she has, it would literally be detrimental to a cause if she just donated and not shared it on social media.
The past couple years have unfortunately been full of disasters. Everyone else I follow has done something about at least one of them. Either organised a fundraiser themselves or donated to an existing one and urged their followers to do the same. Ruby is out there buying houses with her revenue from Youtube, her family lives in a literal mansion, her father drives an Aston Martin, and she won't even donate her old clothes. So much for being "an ambassador for kindness" and "aligned to the values of Christianity". I guess she skipped the lecture about giving everything you have to the poor.
I've been "following" her for years at this point (I'm not subscribed to her channel anymore but I keep an eye on her). Correct me if I'm wrong, but has she ever raised money for a cause? Donated money? Shared a GoFundMe page her fans could donate their pocket money to? Donated her possessions?
Granted, she may have done charity in private and not talked about it on her channel, but I doubt it. This is someone who expects praise because she held the door open for someone. And even if she did, considering the massive following she has, it would literally be detrimental to a cause if she just donated and not shared it on social media.
The past couple years have unfortunately been full of disasters. Everyone else I follow has done something about at least one of them. Either organised a fundraiser themselves or donated to an existing one and urged their followers to do the same. Ruby is out there buying houses with her revenue from Youtube, her family lives in a literal mansion, her father drives an Aston Martin, and she won't even donate her old clothes. So much for being "an ambassador for kindness" and "aligned to the values of Christianity". I guess she skipped the lecture about giving everything you have to the poor.
MGB01
VIP Member
when you have to lead a Victorian funeral procession to lead at 6 but a meeting at your private school at 7
YellowLadybird
Chatty Member
Did anyone else think it was really sad on Instagram when she said how she didn't used to accompany her parents to the GARDEN CENTRE in termtime because she felt it wasn't productive and therefore should be a holiday treat? Honestly that is so worrying, I feel like someone should have intervened and locked her books away one day a week at least!