Ripley Rose Kat
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I can't ever see ruby getting a job outside what she does. I can see her just doing everything to avoid it. She will probably do a few masters degrees I reckon.
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Deeandra2020
Active member
Is that why she put frozen peas in yogurt? Cause it looks so unappealing?
I liked reading this narration, "she said bitterly": it was like reading a little snippet of a novel. You should write more snippets from her videos like this. I can't really explain what I mean - it's just funny. I read it in my head like a bit of dialogue.
If Ruby were actually a germaphobe, she'd wear a K95 or FFP2 mask, as is required in some countries. She has enough money to buy these and they are not that bad to wear. Yes, they have to be replaced regularly, but that's how life is in a pandemic.
My feelings about touching things are kind of irrelevant because I personally have more anxiety about aerosols. I am part of a research project for the next few months and am dreading when the weather will make it too cold to have our weekly gathering outside at a café. I can't get my booster shot fast enough (but I have to wait until it has been 6 months since my 2nd shot). I guess I don't really hang out in stores and browse, now that I think about it. I just buy what I need and leave.
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Deeznutslol
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Oof ok this puts a whole different spin on the relationship
juliet_student
Member
her last video was about a "productive" saturday.. so usually mines are like super productive saturdays lol... i don't understand how she manages to do her homework in such a small period of time or opposite why she spends ages doing one thing lol i think she is like feeling she is still in high school
teflonpanda
Chatty Member
Oh I didn't know that - was it that Walt Whitman poem about being underwater then? Or sth else with brine in it? Also wow, that seems like a very bad opening move for an interview like this! Maybe it was really more a matter of lack of conversation skills/social skills in a way.Right?!
The whole point of the video was to set up a pretend q&a with viewers who just so happened to have the exact same ”problems” as Ruby, and so be able to reassure herself that her behaviour is completely normal and that she’s right to 1) only do things she enjoys, 2) only go out of her comfort zone enough to make one friend so she can have a ”support system” at uni and 3) run home to mummy and daddy at every opportunity. She had to stage it as if she was addressing someone else than herself, so it wouldn’t sound quite so immediately ridiculous.
Can I also just say how much I’m loving that we’re picking over her Oxford rejection in excruciating detailIf she indeed reads here, it must be so annoying for her, and I’m petty enough that the thought is kind of giving me life
She was given a text with the word ”brine” in it, and she completely forgot the meaning of the word and so thought she’d open discussion by asking the interviewer what brine was
yayadumpling
Active member
i'm assuming the UK has open online universities where you can study from home! so she could do that...
Griftwood
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It’s this video, around the 8 minute mark. All she says is she’s reading The Sickness by ”Stephen King”.
howaboutnot
Well-known member
Loved all of this post!
One addendum: it's not just Bulgarian where last names have a gender, it's a pretty common feature of Slavic languages (and Greek if I remember rightly? Don't quote me on that though.)
Icelandic naming conventions are wild (by our dull English standards). A child's surname is one of their birthparent's names followed by "-son" [if they're a boy] or "-dóttir" [if they're a girl]. They can also wait for about 3 months before naming their child so they can get to know them a bit and pick a name they think will fit. As someone whose name really doesn't fit them (no it's not Daffodil thankfully) I am a tiny bit jealous of this.
Massive subject change: I did not expect Rubes to read clickforTaz's poetry. Do we think it was gifted or that she's trying to see whether there are any other YTers out there whose style she can copy now that she might be bailing out of acadAYmia?
rorygilmore2020
New member
Ruby, we are so proud of you.
It's been long enough since you've been home. You are so brave to make this decision. We understand that you are enjoying this time at university like never before, we can see it in your eyes, but also that you are looking forward to seeing your parents again, because the letters, the video calls and the weekend at the beach with them have not allowed you to catch up with their life. Ruby, it's admirable that you admit it, we wish we had your courage and honesty at your age.
We also hope you are enjoying this holiday week very much. Don't forget to read A Little Princess again - a book to reread a thousand times! and share with us your latest children's picture book discoveries; it's a very unexplored field and you'll be able to give us your insightful point of view, as you normally do. We're sure you'll achieve the grades you wrote down in your diary three months ago.
And don't stress if you can't record any quality videos. After all, YouTube is secondary and doesn't feed you. Focus on enjoying your parents - and your sister from Sheffield!
Never change, kind Ruby.
With love,
xxx
(Does this satisfy everyone?)
okay I'm never giving my opinion again hahahah this is very funny and i am sorry for my momentarily lapse where I forgot that this was a gossip forum and folk are brutal
gossip_guy
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Well, a 2:2 at best - her uni seems awfully generous with her grades despite her clearly limited ability. But yeah, I think the pacing and style of Erimentha was probably the result of her imitating lots of middle-grade fiction like The Clique and Jacqueline Wilson that she'd been reading a lot of at the time.
Now I suspect she'd try to rip off Dickens or hand in 10,000 words of bottom-tier Emily Dickinson knock-off poetry to try to impress her tutors. And if she did that, I think she'd be better off just handing in 100 blank pages smeared with human shit.
CarlotaJoaquina
New member
Damn
if you ever decide to do Erasmus in Lisbon, please let's be friends?
jiggy_girl
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It's a GWR train, they run pretty much every service out of Exeter, unless she's going to London Waterlook (SWR) or beyond Bristol/the Cotswolds/London (those would be Cross Country)
So she's going somewhere in the South, probably home, it's not a local service to North Devon as those still have older interiors
So she's going somewhere in the South, probably home, it's not a local service to North Devon as those still have older interiors
glowingglossier
Member
What do we think Ruby will do when she finally finishes education? I can't imagine her not being 'school' oriented...
GoinDowntown
Well-known member
Yeah things are a bit messed up right now.
Is there someone you can trust to mail all the stuff to you? It would definiely work out cheaper and possibly quicker than travelling here in person.
3calico3
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Who is Esme to Ruby?
If she actually stayed in Exeter for more than two seconds, she'd feel more at home there. It's so frustrating to see.