USD$500 is actually £382, but still, not the same as £500 lmao.I think the YouTube fundraiser raised $500, which is about £200 as someone said. I don’t think Ruby realized the currency difference and donated £500.
There’s no way she donated double out of the goodness of her heart, so just shows how dumb she is. I’m glad it’s gone to a good cause though.
She probably had her parents write the letter while she had a tantrum in the backgroundLive footage of Ruby as she realises her mistake:
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She's currently furiously writing a letter to the charity asking for a refund.
There was another reply under this where someone genuinely seemed to think that Ruby could given them advice on renovating and decorating a Victorian home. Since Ruby’s knowledge of ’maintaining original features’ extends no further than never cleaning them and leaving dead flies around for so long they become antiques, I would really, really love to see that video.
The thought of Ruby being left alone with any sort of power tools, trying to DIY anything gives me the chills! She would probably get her hair or long, flowy skirts tangled up in the machinery, injuring herself in the process. Just no.There was another reply under this where someone genuinely seemed to think that Ruby could given them advice on renovating and decorating a Victorian home. Since Ruby’s knowledge of ’maintaining original features’ extends no further than never cleaning them and leaving dead flies around for so long they become antiques, I would really, really love to see that video.
Urgh the fact that her fans think she's a genuine expert worthy of consultation about everything Victorian is just sad. While actually passionate and knowledgeable vintage YouTubers are like:There was another reply under this where someone genuinely seemed to think that Ruby could given them advice on renovating and decorating a Victorian home. Since Ruby’s knowledge of ’maintaining original features’ extends no further than never cleaning them and leaving dead flies around for so long they become antiques, I would really, really love to see that video.
"Hallo it's Ryooby and tyooday Oi'm gyoing tyo bee showying yeou all about whyat it wyas lyike for poor Vyictorian sahvants boiy spendying all day clyimbing thyis chyimnee. All pryoceeds of the fyundraiser to gyet me back dahn agahn wyill go tyowahds paying samwan tyo wryite my dyisaster of a dissahtayshon for me"Tattlers, I’ve cracked the mystery! The mystery of why Roobarb did an actual charity drive for once. The answer is obvious. She misread and thought she was raising money for herself… for the dissertation emergency
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It all makes sense! And she naturally thought "committee" was just a long-term commitment for people to send her tea.Tattlers, I’ve cracked the mystery! The mystery of why Roobarb did an actual charity drive for once. The answer is obvious. She misread and thought she was raising money for herself… for the dissertation emergency
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It's definitely a box-ticking task for her (like everything), and like her essays, her writing seems reverse engineered from other works.I have to wonder what her book will be like. I'm speaking as a writer myself (not published, but I've always loved doing it for fun), and when I saw Ruby's "writing routines" they always felt kind of strange to me. She'd sit down and bang out a certain number of words a day. I'm not trying to be mean here - I bet a lot of published writers do that to meet deadlines, and I myself have set alarms and told myself to write until the timer goes off... But her method seems weirdly clinical. I write when inspiration strikes me, and there's a million times a day when I get ideas and have to hastily write them down somewhere so I don't forget. I'm not saying Ruby can't be doing that, but to me she always seems to view writing as a task to tick off her list. Write x amount of words in a day, spend y amount of hours writing. At the risk of sounding like Anne of Green Gables, it never seems to have any whimsy or joy to it. I don't know if anyone feels the same but I thought it was interesting and I haven't seen anyone bring it up. I can see her making lots of "write with me" vlogs during her gap year.
Mummyyyyy!!! The big bad machine is bullying meeeeeee!!!The thought of Ruby being left alone with any sort of power tools, trying to DIY anything gives me the chills! She would probably get her hair or long, flowy skirts tangled up in the machinery, injuring herself in the process. Just no.
After I read your post, this appeared on Facebook. It might be unfair to compare these very different circumstances, but I couldn't help thinking this is the exact opposite of Ruby.And Ruby's back home for the weekend. How long was she in Exeter this time?
I really don’t get the comparison you’re making here?After I read your post, this appeared on Facebook. It might be unfair to compare these very different circumstances, but I couldn't help thinking this is the exact opposite of Ruby.
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Lol, sorry if that was vague. I meant travelling 620 miles alone, as opposed to Ruby who won't travel to Woking without a chaperone.I really don’t get the comparison you’re making here?
A 11 year-old child who bravely travels across countries alone to escape war.I really don’t get the comparison you’re making here?
I think we can all agree Ruby has been wrapped up in cotton wool and has lived a very sheltered life, but you could say this about literally anyone who is currently living in a peaceful country and hasn’t had to escape from a war? Idk, I get the point now, I just don’t think it’s a fair comparison to makeA 11 year-old child who bravely travels across countries alone to escape war.
A 21 year-old woman who can't travel anywhere without her mummy holding her hand.
Fair enough. I just saw 'Ruby's back home' on here, then immediately saw that post on Facebook, so my brain made an odd connection.I think we can all agree Ruby has been wrapped up in cotton wool and has lived a very sheltered life, but you could say this about literally anyone who is currently living in a peaceful country and hasn’t had to escape from a war? Idk, I get the point now, I just don’t think it’s a fair comparison to make
That's the thing — writing is a continuous process! In my opinion, it's about coming up with new ideas and writing weird and wacky stuff and creating little stories. Whereas Ruby only seems to write when she wants to complete a full-length book. To me it's like seeing an artist who doesn't doodle on scrap paper or draw little sketches, and instead only engages in it when they need to finish a full-length painting. Everyone's different though I suppose.It all makes sense! And she naturally thought "committee" was just a long-term commitment for people to send her tea.
It's definitely a box-ticking task for her (like everything), and like her essays, her writing seems reverse engineered from other works.
We'll either get another self-insert "autobiographical" contemporary book that borrows heavily from other books she's "read", or a rip-off of the Victorian-era children's books she's read about rich girls frolicking in fields, and possibly something fantastical happens.
One of the dead giveaways that she doesn't have any real interest in writing is that she says she's always dreamed of being an author as though it's still a future goal, even though she's already written and published a novel.
She's already in a position where she can afford to write full-time, has a large platform to market and publicise her books and can easily self-publish them to a wide audience. If she genuinely wanted to be a full-time author, she'd already be doing it.
There's not really any information, I think the most that's been seen is folders on her desktop when she's shown her laptop screen (I can't remember which videos unfortunately) and a mood playlist for Counting Backwards on her Spotify.Where can I find out about Counting Backwards/Wandering Willows, btw? I possibly have missed any references to them in her videos. I worry about her writing a book about EDs. I am hoping for her recovery while worrying about the influence it'll have on her young, impressionable audience.
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