christ, thank god i wasn't born a tory, bunch of toffs
Ruby Granger #18 Still no deal with Waterstones but half her food was mailed from home
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Maybe you can pay in euro?
also, it’s been six days since our last ”biweekly” upload, not that I’m counting
Did she mean biweekly as twice a week, or once every two weeks though? (Probably whichever suits her)Maybe you can pay in euro?
also, it’s been six days since our last ”biweekly” upload, not that I’m counting
It's short for "bicentennial-weekly"; her next video is due to be uploaded in 200 years.
Man, I was going to say that biweekly logically means twice a week, but Google tells me that it can mean both??
What is up english language, that makes as much sense as "I could care less".
She's back to putting her "acting" voice on and reading out random "thoughtful" quotes on Instagram stories again, this time from Henry James:
"Nothing, of course, will ever take the place of the good old fashion of 'liking' a work of art or not liking it; the more improved criticism will not abolish that primitive, that ultimate, test."
Which feels like a thinly-veiled bit of defensiveness over her own complete inability to think critically or convey thoughts coherently when discussing a work of art, like, "I like the things I like and can't say why, and that's okay! We need to normalise liking things and not thinking deeper than that!"
And there's truth to that quote, sure, but maybe don't wade deep into academia if you can't or don't want to analyse things critically. And maybe don't think about pursuing a career as an author or literary editor if you completely lack the ability to creatively discuss and critique something.
It also doesn't help that the major reason she has no comments or criticism for most works is that she only pretends to like/read them.
"Nothing, of course, will ever take the place of the good old fashion of 'liking' a work of art or not liking it; the more improved criticism will not abolish that primitive, that ultimate, test."
Which feels like a thinly-veiled bit of defensiveness over her own complete inability to think critically or convey thoughts coherently when discussing a work of art, like, "I like the things I like and can't say why, and that's okay! We need to normalise liking things and not thinking deeper than that!"
And there's truth to that quote, sure, but maybe don't wade deep into academia if you can't or don't want to analyse things critically. And maybe don't think about pursuing a career as an author or literary editor if you completely lack the ability to creatively discuss and critique something.
It also doesn't help that the major reason she has no comments or criticism for most works is that she only pretends to like/read them.
”I could care less” is among my top ten pet peeves (the list is long), right below using ”to no end” instead of ”no end”.
I would say biweekly would mean twice a week, you would say fortnightly if it was once every two weeks.
no high street shoes? And to think I used to think clarks was a fancy school shoe.
I find it hard to believe she spent her formative years there and not a single elitist/right wing view has stuck. She acts wholesome like butter wouldn't melt, I'd love to read her thoughts when she's in a situation with working class people or people not extremely well off and Southern. What's the phrase? champagne socialist I think
I find it hard to believe she spent her formative years there and not a single elitist/right wing view has stuck. She acts wholesome like butter wouldn't melt, I'd love to read her thoughts when she's in a situation with working class people or people not extremely well off and Southern. What's the phrase? champagne socialist I think
I spent many years dreaming of getting a pair of kickers but getting told no you will have practical shoes from Clarks
I think her political views are very close to my own family’s political views. My mum’s family is very posh, but without a whole lot of money, and they’re very snobbish. They still vote either social liberal or leftist parties. People who vote right wing are definitely looked down upon. The biggest difference between our families is probably the lack of money (My family isn’t poor, just average), so we aren’t completely shut of off normal life. Oh and I’m Dutch, so private schools are not a thing at all here
at work, we say biweekly to mean once every two weeks.
i think I'd just say twice a week, instead of bi-weekly.
i think I'd just say twice a week, instead of bi-weekly.
I think she went to a college instead of 6th form
Exactly lmao
I also often feel like that about books, like, I can rarely pinpoint what I like or don't like about a book or dissect it. I love reading but I'm not used to being articulate about them (partly because I rarely talk about books with other people, because most people in my life are not avid readers or don't have the same taste in books as I do).
But I don't study literature. Like shouldn't she have learnt how to do that by now considering she's about to earn a degree in English Lit?
I knew I was an adult when I willingly went into Clarks to buy suitable shoes because I knew they were good for my feet
I’m glad I’m not the only one who found that incredibly elitist. I don’t think I could name any shoe brands which I couldn’t buy on the high street
I’m glad I’m not the only one who found that incredibly elitist. I don’t think I could name any shoe brands which I couldn’t buy on the high street
next up on ruby's good reads, the poetry of unjaded jade?
And Klarna
In french, the word for "nothing" means "something" if it's used in a double negation.
I reproach you nothing : I reproach you nothing
I don't reproach you nothing: Also I reproach you nothing
Weird cause for me the last sentence means you are reproaching something because of the double negation. ive always found double negations very confusing anyway so I avoid using them, be it in French or English.
Ha, we can cancel the debate over the meaning of ”biweekly”, I just watched the first 20 seconds of her ”final university vlog” and she doesn’t say biweekly, she says ”twice weekly”, which is less ambiguous. You have 14 hours, Roobee!
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