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DrinaM

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She might've actually been quite smart with the early modern application. She has to take two core classes and write her dissertation on that period, but from the handbook it seems her other two classes can be from any period, so she'll get the chance to study American literature or Victorian literature if she wants to.
This is how I did my undergrad. I qualified to study Law (which my family really wanted me to do) but I didn't believe in myself and also believed it would be a stressful course. So did undergrad Arts, (Lit Major) instead. Was able to do classes that were common to the Law and Arts courses. When I had enough confidence in myself, I was able to either transfer to Law or continue in Arts and get credit for classes taken in Law. So I ended up completing the full undergrad Arts degree and an extra 18 months completed the Law degree, graduating in 5 years with a double degree. I wonder if she can/will do something similar? Masters is different and I did my above mentioned undergrad at an Australian university, so not sure if that was Roob's plan all along?
 
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Corneilya

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It's all about your attitude to alcohol. Maybe you only have a shot of vodka every night so not that much quantity wise. But if you feel like you can't physically or mentally function without that shot of vodka then you are probably developing some sort of problem.
Conversely, I grew up in a culture where, until quite recently, it was pretty normal to drink wine with every meal including in the early morning, but people aren't struggling to function without it, constantly thinking about alcohol or getting black out drunk all the time.
That.
I truly like alcohol but I can also not drink for years. You can drink the lightes alcohol in the smallest quantity, if you can't have a day without it then there's a problem. It's like every addiction, it's not the act itself, it's the fact you are addicted to it.
In Ruby's mom case, nobody here can affirm she's alcoholic, but she seems to drink often, and their yard has lot of empty bottles. Also, the fact that she fall and hurt herself that often could be the result of being a bit drunk.
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She will be expected to attend a few formal meals in Hall; other than that, it’s basically optional. I’m surprised she doesn’t want to use it for content, though. One of the illustrations in the planner looks like it’s based on a college Hall.
Perfect occasion to wear her granger's costume and force a poor student to listen to her explaning that she read something about the ceiling in The history of the university of Oxford in her iconic fake accent.
 
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coldestofspirits

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To some extent, though, there are genuinely different standards of cleanliness expected in different areas of the country and types of home. It’s normal for things to be shabby / grubby and not to be sparkling clean in old, rural houses (I mean if the original building is literally hundreds of years old). That doesn’t even begin to excuse her family’s gross hygiene! As discussed in the thread. But a house like that won’t realistically look like an urban townhouse that’s kept scrubbed-up and fresh.
 
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crowleyskeeper1

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They were definitely on the verge of shutting the company down in March because nobody was buying any of the crap on sale. Sixteenth closed Jack Edwards' store in March and the same time, Ruby posted a weird video talking about her flagging sales and blaming it on ordering too many yearly planners because the academic planner sold so well (it didn't).

There's also been no posts on the company social media since that time, so I imagine the product manager told Ruby it wasn't worth the cost and they were going to shut her store down as well, then she talked them into one last small academic planner batch with minimal support from Sixteenth, so they got rid of the intern they had manning the Insta account.

Maybe Ruby offered to finance the next batch herself just to give the dead horse one last flogging so she can act like she was busy with something during her gap yaaah. Then she'll blame the workload at uni for not being able to continue with the business she never had any real involvement in and spin it as less of a failure.
I think Ruby managed to market to people who didn't know her channel very well using the fact that she was working a few hours a week at a private school to give her credibility. I think a lot of people assumed she had become a full-time English teacher, especially people on tiktok and Instagram who don't watch her yt channel. A teacher selling a quality planner would actually be a very good marketing strategy. Unfortunately, she's not really a teacher and her planners were overpriced and poor quality.
 
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bookworm39

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Just watched her latest video, in wchich, lo and behold, she is finally doing some studying. It infuriated me how she keeps recommending books and websites without ever telling us the actually name/title of the resource. FFS, just put a link in the description or hold the book up into the camera! She put the link to the secretary hand tutorial in the description box, why not the rest?
 
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Emmog

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I’ve got a feeling Ruby won’t end up going to Oxford. Maybe pull out at the last minute and give some strange excuse.
 
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Poguely

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In fairness, she has finally changed her duvet after 2 months. Unfortunately, she's changed it to her VARRY AUTOMMINAL PONKIN DYOOVAY COVVAH, so it's a given that it'll stay on there until December when she puts that winter PANGWIN BADDING back on.

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The question is, has she finally changed that oatmeal striped sheet she had on there for 3 months?

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There's a pale sheet of some kind poking out from under the checked flat sheet (which is still draped all over her dusty floor), but it's hard to tell if that's that same swampy sheet she slapped on straight from the packaging and left on since May.
NO, not the naked mattress poking out. What in the crack den is that?
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I was already starting to wonder how she would pronounce Oxford after her corruption of AXATAR. The AXEFUD is making me laugh so much (why is it simultaneously sounding like an Ikea furniture piece?)
Especially when you consider she a. live 30 minutes away from Oxford and b. she is mimicking Emma Watson's native Oxford accent
 
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EllanieB_99

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It looks like she cuts the stems off the letters so I struggle to read them. I need ‘d’ to look like ‘d’ and not ‘a’ otherwise i’m squinting at her writing, trying to make sense of it. Her ‘l’s mid words seem to be chopped in half, also.
I said it previously, but from a graphological perspective, the upper zone represents the intellectual level - she lacks this zone entirely. Her letters seem all the same size, and the fact that her handwriting seems almost entirely the same always apart from tiny differences, makes me think that she is stuck in the "I must be perfectly what I'm expected to be, elseway I'm consumed by anxiety and my fears".

I'm no expert, but seeing how her complete upper zone went missing and what huge gaps she has on the right side, she is no well guys, no matter how she tries to pretend. :/ Here, I go into details under the Spoiler, because I want to avoid accidentally triggering someone.

Gaps on the margins that are uneven might mean both introversion and difficulty to adjust situations, also instability. Uniformity? That might be low self-esteem and lack of spontaneity, inferiority complex. Her medium, sometimes large letters? Childish thinking. Round, print letters? Dependent on another person. Pressure: heavy, which might mean that she sees herself as heavier than she actually is.

Her lower zone is really interesting as well, because in the majority of cases the only time I see her returning to the baseline, which represents reality, is when she writes down her name. In that case, the Y returns to the baseline, sometimes curling down, sometimes not. When she does not return, and has this straight line in the case of Y, that's called the "loner Y". That is just as frequent in the case of her as the incomplete Y, when she has a half-loop, but it's not finished - that is, returned to the baseline. That one is called the "frustrated y", and hence lower zone represents the subconscious and sexual thoughts of an individual in graphology, I think there might also be some issue she has to figure out for her own good.

So in short, guys, she has lots of issues she needs help and I don't think she is ready mentally to address these issues or get help. :/
 
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Peony14

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Yeah, as always with Ruby, she has gone about it in a fake and stupid way, but learning Latin for early modern literature studies is actually a normal and sensible thing if she’d done it properly. People who genuinely want to specialise in that field learn Latin.

Of course Ruby has no actual interest in the period, so why would she bother? 😂
That makes sense. That´s actually one the things that made me iffy about her MA, do students not have to know basics in latin for an MA in Early modern lit to even be accepted to the course? Where I´m from it´s mandatory to have had a certain amount of latin in school (or take extra courses later on at uni) when you want to study medicine, law, theology, archeology, ancient history etc. I first thought she might start learning it for her masters, but if that were the case she´d have to take actual lessons with a teacher imo
 
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Deeandra2020

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Regarding her most recent video, I don't see an issue taking the taxi to and from work? I work nights and I don't drive. Also, I hate walking home in the dark so I book a taxi to pick me up when I finish my shift. I really dont see the issue?
 
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Binx

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knowing that her mum is the one who films her for these videos give me the ick. It's just so cringe omg

lol oh heyyy bob marly
 
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Daredevil

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In England's realm, a girl of twenty-three, A lover of the stage, as wild as can be. Her heart a playground for the young and free, A Victorian child's soul, dancing with glee.

Her passion for the boards, a burning flame, She acts like Dickens' urchins, known by name. In tattered frocks, she plays with childish grace, Inhabiting a world from a bygone place.

Her accent, false, like Emma Watson's charm, An act to please, a skillful, clever arm. To gain attention, hearts, and accolades, She bends the truth, in masquerade parades.

She claims 200 books read in just a year, Short stories count, right? It's not crystal clear.

In desperate haste to prove herself grand, A myriad of accomplishments she's planned. But we know her secret, though she tries to hide, Netflix binges are where she takes her pride.

Candlestick, she says, means candle, how quaint! Tilting it by curtains, we fear it's no saint. A potential fire hazard, we hold our breath, With her antics, danger seems close to death.

Though flawed and fractured, like a cracked glass vase, Her dreams and whimsy, they do find a place.

May she learn, as years sweep her along, That truth and earnestness will make her strong. And in the limelight's glow, she'll finally see, The brightest star she'll be when she's just "she."
 
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emmer_moans

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What?! Carrot isn't exactly mushy unless you pulverise it. At least pumpkin goes mushy and could work in a crumble, so does apple...but carrot?!
 
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