Can you even be allergic to vinegar? It's the first time I hear of this allergy.
Ruby Granger #4 Please sir, may I have some more (priviledge, playtime, and fake productivity)?
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That's it, I'm calling the cops on her! That's some serious hair abuse
Tbf you can have an allergic reaction to just about anything. Vinegar is pretty rare though
this is so GOLD omgKeeping these chapter overviews behind a spoiler, that way if Ruby is choosing to read this thread, she can walk on by. These are not intended as a personal attack on Ruby. I once noted in a diary entry the, "definite sexual tension," between me and an A level tutor. Narrator: there was no sexual tension.
Erimentha gets up, makes porridge and makes a list. Items include talking to Kimberly and Izzy to clarify the exact reasons for their unkindness. "From there, adjustments can be made as necessary." Adjustments?
At school, a friend is doing last night's homework and Erimentha offers to check it, as she is obviously far more capable than the adult paid to do it. A new antagonist, Beth, pulls a dick move by throwing Erimentha's post-it pad out of the window. She demands a meeting with the three of them to hash this out. Writes a new post-it to remind herself.
In history class, Mr Aldridge asks the class about Oliver Cromwell. Erimentha's hand shoots up, but given that she is already monopolising the class, he gives the answer to another student, and she said he was a ruler in Britain. She lifts her hand even higher to the ceiling, to the point of almost standing up. She will not allow this intellectual inferior get the final say! Now in real life, the teacher would take the reins and not allow this show-off to embarrass another classmate, but as this is fiction/autobiographical, the brow-beaten Mr Aldridge has no resolve left. She dazzles with her answer and is given a bleeping housepoint.
It's the end of class and it's time to confront the others. They say she has no sense of humour and doesn't socialise. To be fair, this is fairly constructive, they haven't name-called and so far seems accurate.
To demonstrate there is actual bullying going on, Kimberly tells Erimentha that she's decided the whole year group will dislike her, and throws her gum at her.
After classes, she sees her friend Simone who is excited to come to her place tomorrow. Erimentha has already made a list of what's required for the volcano. They don't keep vinegar in the house as Nathan's allergic (another fault of his) and Simone agrees to bring it, as well as dry ice.
Tbh you shouldn’t apologise for the “reviews”, it’s not that someone has stolen her secret diary and we’re making fun of her, that would be cruel. This is literally something she’s selling
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This is how I feel, she’s trying to make money off it, it’s not some free book or something that cost 99p it’s legit her charging individuals for this
the book could also be known as Mr Aldridges villain origin story, poor fella is being worked to the bone by Erimenthia
Just leaving it here 
Why are all of her favourite Hermione moments the ones where she's being a bossy holeJust leaving it here
Because that’s what she is
(ruby that is)
That Harry impression was truly 10/10. MasterpieceJust leaving it here
it does feel like we’ve pinched the diary of ruby bones, aged twenty something
I mean I already expressed my feeling that you didn't need to apologize, but I die for you own journal entries.
I can relate to them to a genuinely painful degree. Thank you! 
Ruby has a playlist on her channel called 'Hermione Granger tutorials' and I've gotten through 7 of the videos so far and am slowly dying of the second hand embarrassment.
In her how to be like Hermione at school video, she talks a lot about getting to know your teachers inside and out and I can see how maybe she centralised all of the ideas she talks about in this video and that's why her uni experience is a bit weird to watch - imo it definitely feels like some of the 'tips' she shares (using examples mostly from Hermione's first year, of course) she still upholds when comparing them to her daily routine videos now.
In her how to be like Hermione at school video, she talks a lot about getting to know your teachers inside and out and I can see how maybe she centralised all of the ideas she talks about in this video and that's why her uni experience is a bit weird to watch - imo it definitely feels like some of the 'tips' she shares (using examples mostly from Hermione's first year, of course) she still upholds when comparing them to her daily routine videos now.
I definitely wouldn't have liked her. I don't think I would have been rude to her but I would avoid her like the plague. Though I probably wouldn't need to as it would never occur to her to talk to someone like me of her own accord.
I'm allergic to some types of vinegar! The first time (also the last time lol) I ate pringles salt & vinegar crisps my lips swelled up like a Kardashian and the skin started to peel off.
Now I feel invested in it
Lol I can just imagine her going to Snape's office hours to try and ingratiate herself.
I can understand why he hated her guts!
I actually did go to school with an Erimentha type, she wasn’t on the same level as some of the stuff Ruby's written but she had a major superiority complex, brown nosed all the teachers, judged anyone who drank/smoked, CONSTANTLY corrected peoples grammar, actually rolled her eyes when people got stuff wrong etc. and ofc no one liked her. Thankfully I never really had to deal with her as she was only in one of the same classes as me, but in one of the only interactions I had with her she had the cheek to pull me up for using the word aint! Tbh I’d been waiting for an opportunity to do her in because her attitude towards people she perceived as ‘rough’ or lower class than her was disgusting, so I just told her to get fucked and stop thinking she was better than everyone and she actually cried and reported me for it. I personally don’t think that constitutes as bullying when someones constantly digging at people making them feel bad for not having perfect grammar (which is actually pretty classist and ableist as well) lmao. So yeah if I went to school with someone like Erimentha I’d probably be beefing them daily
When I think of bullying, I generally think of a pattern of behaviour. If you say something rude once, it's usually because someone has snapped, or is having a bad day, or has something else going on in their life, whereas bullying is repeated. From what I can tell, Erimentha is the one with a pattern of unprovoked derogatory behaviour towards others, not her classmates. Real bullying is obviously awful and can have terrible affects on kids, but if you're going to constantly put people down you have to accept that people won't like you, or will retaliate. If someone said something mean to someone like Erimentha I'm not sure I'd see it as bullying so much as self defence!
100% this. Defending yourself is not bullying. Just because Erimentha puts others down in more underhanded ways and her classmates retaliate with more obvious aggression does not make them the bullies and her the victim.
When I was reading Ruby’s book, I often thought about how the Erimentha character was so inflexible and doesn’t really seem aware of how her behaviours could be perceived by other people. I’m not an expert by any means, but I did find myself wondering whether you could interpret Erimentha as being somewhere on the Aspie spectrum. What I would say here is that it’s by no means a sensitive portrayal (Erimentha isn’t particularly ‘nice’ ) but, you have got a main character who has slightly obsessive interests and who doesn’t understand why these interests aren’t shared by everyone, and who just doesn’t get why they’re seen as a bit odd as a person. I didn’t see Erimentha as being judgemental, more inflexible and not picking up on social cues, and oblivious to other people‘s needs, preferences and interests. I think what Ruby was going for was a character who was a stereotypical ‘gifted and misunderstood’ child, but I didn’t get that from the book at all. I do wonder about some of the female StudyTubers and wonder if, by virtue of being female, they’ve missed out on perhaps being given a diagnosis that might have been helpful.
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