Yeah, that's what I think too. I have social anxiety - albeit nowhere near as severe as hers - and there's no way I'd want to teach. It's hard work and the students can be cruel and disruptive, especially in private schools. A job in a coffee shop or bookshop where she can have gentle chat with customers, read books on her break and do however many hours she wants would have been far better to ease her into the workplace.I still cant get over the fact that her and her parents think its a good idea to let her teach. Literally weeks ago she had a panic attack from meeting friends. Putting her in front of a classroom is just setting her up for failure. Her mental health problems are gonna increase heavily and I guess shes just gonna go away with the conviction that "traditional jobs" are just terrible for mental health etc...
There would have been so many jobs suitable for Ruby for a gentle start (especially since she isnt really dependent on the money) to ease her into work environments while working on her problems. But teaching fits into her weird fantasy she built of herself, so why question if its even remotly suitable for someone with severe social anxity / phobia...
Its just so sad to see how she is a privileged person with multiple resources (time, money, family etc.) which would make it easy for her to work on her mental health, but she and her parents are just completly ignoring any problems she has.
A friend of mine has been diagnosed with social phobia and depression at the beginning of last year, she has to run her own household, work fultime, has absolutly no support from her parents etc. while struggling with her mental health. But shes making it a point to have therapy and work on the issues, and in the last year alone she improved a LOT with help. Like if she can do it, Ruby can do it 100x easier.
But what is Ruby doing? F*** all together with romanticising her problems...
Mmmmm, but a job in the real world wouldn’t let her indulge her eternal schoolgirl fantasies. I can fully imagine that there’s a difficult line being trodden between her being a teacher and a pupil. No doubt she’s slipped back into her ‘back to school’ morning routine, is happily getting mummy to drive her back to school every day, clutching her carefully packed school bag and dressing in something that’s as close to uniform as she can manage. Then she gets to be in her old classrooms all day pretending to be the highly gifted twelve-year old she’s determined to be, whilst getting to stand in front of the class and play teacher - and this time nobody is allowed to bully her. It must be lovely for her.Yeah, that's what I think too. I have social anxiety - albeit nowhere near as severe as hers - and there's no way I'd want to teach. It's hard work and the students can be cruel and disruptive, especially in private schools. A job in a coffee shop or bookshop where she can have gentle chat with customers, read books on her break and do however many hours she wants would have been far better to ease her into the workplace.
Laughing at the 'moldy trunk arc'.I think it is how a lot of people found Ruby tbh. I also think a bunch of people hopped on when the whole dark academia / Donna Tartt thing was super trendy during COVID. I admit I fell into her “academia” trap when one of her dark academia vids became popular. I’m not a “literature” person though (like RC Waldun, Jack Edwards, etc) but as a history student I found a lot of her stuff fascinating at first (the moldy trunk arc was what really got me to seek out if anyone else was taking about her)
Hey, there is a reading chats thread! Link is here: https://tattle.life/threads/books-13-reading-chats.35895/It's interesting that many people on here seem to be into (classic) literature (myself included). Maybe that's how some of us discovered Ruby. I'd love to have another thread or separate forum to talk about books.
Lol, I have an anecdote too. I was babysitting Small Human and he put his chubby baby hands over the screen (this is how screens get sticky). I asked ''don't you like Ruby?'' and he said ''no no ooob'' so I switched to In the Night Garden (see profile pic for more info) - he started bobbing around happily once Ruby disappeared. And to be perfectly honest the plotless psychedelia of In the Night Garden still made more sense than Ruby's video.Funny anecdote: My 18 year old cousin was here the other day when I was watching the latest Roob video about the book. He asked me who is that? And as a joke I said 'the girl of your dreams'. He said 'eeeew she's like 13 thats gross'. I told him her actual age and he said 'no way!'
Ok, well that was so much worse than I expected. I knew the music would end eventually, but it took so long!Regardless of how we feel about Roobee and the quality of her videos, and in spite of the way she has ruined The Nutcracker for us, let’s at least be grateful she’s no longer using the music starting at 2:42 in this video:
I'll have to disagree. She made a shitshow of her education because like Ruby, she couldn't handle the Oxford rejection and had to convince herself that Minerva scam was meant for her instead. She's well traveled for sure, but she's also horrifically ignorant and uneducated yet thinks she's a blessing on others, she's racist but is painfully unaware of it, extremely privileged but in denial about thay as well, and the moment she graduates, she'll turn into some self care MLM and scam her viewers until she's filthy rich, but will do so under the disguise of being worldly, environmentalist and wokeIn my opinion, Jade is the most well-rounded of the studytubers.
I still can't understand why so many commenters here think that retail would be good for Ruby's mental health, social anxiety, and overall well-being. As someone who's spent time behind a counter, I can unequivocally say that customer-facing jobs are not mellow ways for anyone to "ease into the workplace."A job in a coffee shop or bookshop where she can have gentle chat with customers, read books on her break and do however many hours she wants would have been far better to ease her into the workplace.
This. Jade is the worse of all the studytubers IMO. Ruby is cringier (actually, could be debated) but Jade is...something else. Her deleted "apology" for going to a dick appointment across countries, wondering why South Korea "was so empty" because everyone was quarantining, her very concerning posts about "teehee I killed a rabbit!" and fetishizing Asian and South American people, filming and talking about random children for an uncomfortable amount of time, her MLM scammy dad, "casual magic" just don't be depressed spiel, etc.I'll have to disagree. She made a shitshow of her education because like Ruby, she couldn't handle the Oxford rejection and had to convince herself that Minerva scam was meant for her to begin with. She's well traveled for sure but she's also horrifically ignorant and uneducated yet thinks she's a blessing on others, she's racist but is painfully unaware of it, extremely privileged but in denial about thay as well, and the moment she graduates, she'll turn into some self care MLM and scam her viewers until she's filthy rich, but will do so under the disguise of being worldly, environmentalist and wokeI think Jade is one of the worst studytubers out there, I sincerely hope nobody is taking her as a rolemodel. I've yet to forget her crossing two countries to get dicked down during the height of pandemic and lockdowns Yhey are all as bad as eachother imo in different way.
The only one I genuinely believe to be an actually well educated, well rounded independent person is PaigeY. If push came to shove, I believe she'd have zero issues stepping away from youtube and social media because her life, validation and identity don't depend on it. She seems to have a good, healthy relationship with her family, a steady friendship group from Cambridge + other friends from professional life and boat club. She maintained her education/work along with her social life and hobbies, she has excellent work ethic and she just comes off as easy to be around and personable to me. Maybe a bit goody-two-shoes but nothing wrong with that. Ruby could take a page out of her book.
I can 100% picture Ruby doing this kind of work.I'm thinking of a job like that of the assistant in my accountant's office: She opens envelopes, makes copies, files, prints labels, waters the plants, and occasionally orders lunch. That's about Ruby's speed, and I think the sort of fussy busy-work that's often endemic to the life of a small office would appeal to her performative "productive" proclivities, while getting her out of the house for a few hours per week.
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I can't tell whether she's deeply in denial about her own issues or if she's aware and working on them behind the scenes.I know that Ruby obviously has Other Issues going on but the fact that she's gone on a walk, a run AND done yoga signifies that she's floundering to me. She has no idea what to do with herself. Even with a part-time job she's driven by her compulsion to BE PRODUCTIVE and say she's done all of these things because deep down she knows she's stagnant in comparison to her peers. It's just desperately sad.
I think she is aware she has struggles & challenges but I think she has been so cosseted she has zero idea and is very ill-equipped with regard to how to cope with them or work on them. I think her parentsI can't tell whether she's deeply in denial about her own issues or if she's aware and working on them behind the scenes.
Do you think it involves a morning walk maybe
I especially like her trying to pretend she takes multiple passes at her videos and doesn't just crap out whatever shitty, garbled mess she stitches together on the first try without taking another glance.
Does she run that much tho? Even if she says she runs X km it may most likely be overexagerrated. Same as her walks, strolling in a field next to her mansion and around the garden is barely exercise. Her yoga videos were very performative too. Just like anything she supposedly does really.I know that Ruby obviously has Other Issues going on but the fact that she's gone on a walk, a run AND done yoga signifies that she's floundering to me. She has no idea what to do with herself. Even with a part-time job she's driven by her compulsion to BE PRODUCTIVE and say she's done all of these things because deep down she knows she's stagnant in comparison to her peers. It's just desperately sad.
It’s a 40 minute walkshe could at least walk to work, but I guess someone has to drive her... (how far can that be?)
I don’t think there are footpaths though, and definitely no street lamps so it would be dangerous walking in the early morning or evening because it’s so dark at this time of year.. She’ll definitely get a lift every day from her mum. Maybe she’ll get on the school bus with her pupils and live out her schoolgirl fantasyIt’s a 40 minute walk
Really, she should get her license. If she can't fathom being able to handle city and highway driving, fine, but she should at least be able to navigate the country roads in her own neighborhood. How stressful could that be? I can't imagine living in the boonies without being able to drive. That's not just inconvenient, it's dangerous. Is she just going to rely on her mother to ferry her around forever? If she did nothing else with this "gap year" she should've at least done that---it might even have boosted her confidence and made her willing to branch out a little.Fuck a 40 min walk, she should learn to drive lmao
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