Even if you read something in 2018, the gender of the main and titular character is a pretty glaring thing to forget...
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ChatGPT could've easily come up with a warmer birthday message
- Notice
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i know a few ppl mention already, but the whole apple pencil bit lmao? just find it funny how someone with no money problems (that im aware of) complains abt the price of a new apple pencil (the newer ipads are clearly labeled as needing a gen 2 pencil, what did u expect?)... like why get the new ipad then? u got a macbook? or just use that reMarkable thingy that u were gifted a while back if u want the writing experience? like there are so many options, but the complaining just came off a lil.... performative to me?
or just. a physical notebook. those work too. they don't run out of charge either lol
EDIT: also, unrelated to this but is anyone else a huge Inspector Morse/Endeavour/Lewis fan and wondering if that'll become the next aesthetic that is leant into at oxford lol
or just. a physical notebook. those work too. they don't run out of charge either lol
EDIT: also, unrelated to this but is anyone else a huge Inspector Morse/Endeavour/Lewis fan and wondering if that'll become the next aesthetic that is leant into at oxford lol
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emmer_moans
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- Ruby opens the backpack, there’s a long hair on it, and she doesn’t bother to take it off and refilm that section.
- The bloomin’ YALLOW rainhat, again. Seriously, Ruby?
- Carries a stock of thank you cards, just in case.
- 2 big pencil cases, when for most of the sessions she’ll be writing on her ipad. I love stationery, but there comes a point where it’s silly to carry two full pencil cases around to lectures when also taking electronic devices. Save all your highlighters for your night time study sessions in your room, Ruby.
She’s definitely going to do walking-past-the-camera shots on college campuses whilst wearing that yellow rain hat. I call it now. She’ll be so smug in her vlogs for the first couple of vlogs but then I think she will start to flounder about once the deadlines crop up.
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gossip_guy
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This! She's not their friend, she's a shady retail spokesperson who's selling overpriced, defective merchandise for the thousandth time, so she shouldn't be getting let off the hook for £18.50+ just because they like her content.
Just demand a refund or raise a case with the payment provider and don't fall for the same shit a fifth time, kids.
lmwfh17
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“someone who gets tea and coffee out and about” why do you need to have that as a goal for who you want to be at the end of the year? you can just do that, like, now. you live in the uk, go to any large town and there’ll be starbucks, costa, caffe nero… potentially even a - gasp - independent coffee shop! good grief.View attachment 2373706
So, I am not even surprised that the thought of studying with "100 of people" is scary, because she probably realized that she won't be the sharpest knife in the drawer. But wasn't she a self-proclaimed tea enthusiast? Wasn't drinking coffee the past year one of her biggest personality traits? Do I smell lies here, Roobs? Also, wasn't little miss claiming that she HONASTLY loves reading for pleasure and she reads hundreds of books per year? What are those - more lies?
Is it just me, or is it truly worrying that she answers the question with the word "someone ..." as if she is about to create a new fake persona?
Not to mention how "publishing a children's book" is now within 5-year range in her plans... Just sad to watch because for me it seems that even she herself doesn't know who she actually is and what she likes, or wants to do in life... Half of the planner is full of useless things that aren't academic-related and already pre-filled.
gossip_guy
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The irony of putting "Be relaxed and go with the flow" in a rigid, daily to-do list in a busywork planner which you have posed next to an additional to-do list...
Griftwood
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It’s sort of hilarious to watch her try to sound impressive when talking about literature. ”I like to have a character list and plot summary handy, it makes me better in seminar discussion” = ”I’ve copied these out so I don’t have to read the play, and I’ve mined Wikipedia and SparkNotes for talking points.” A question she wants to answer about The Jew of Malta is ”were there many differences between the first and second folio editions” 
She’s going to be humbled pretty severely within the first week or so.
She’s going to be humbled pretty severely within the first week or so.
"Part 4 planning first thing" sounds like an AI attempt at a busy to-do listLove a nice fake to do list. September 23 is a Friday, so either she’s on one of the many unused pages from 2022, or the new planner is indeed fucked up. Notice she’s planning to prepare for Oxford by reading a summary of The Faerie Queen [sic] as well as two articles on Spenser ”extra”, meaning she’s still not going to be working through the actual reading list
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Why is Blakeney in the admin tasks section? The scratched reminder is the best part: "Be relaxed and go w/ flow..." I guess she took care of it and now can go back to being a complete lunatic.
Daredevil
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Chapter 1: An Exceptional Legacy
In the prestigious town of St. Ambrose, nestled amid verdant estates, resided a girl named Eliza Hastings. Born into a family of esteemed academics and statesmen, she possessed an unparalleled intellect that set her apart from her peers. But little did Eliza know that her brilliance would soon become a burden, as envious eyes in the upper echelons began to regard her with disdain.
Chapter 2: The Coveted Coterie
At St. Ambrose Academy, where the affluent and powerful sent their daughters, Eliza's erudition shone like a beacon of enlightenment. Her academic prowess, however, invoked jealousy and insecurity among her fellow students. The envious elite conspired to undermine her standing.
Chapter 3: The Whispers of Envy
Within the opulent halls of the academy, rumors swirled about Eliza's supposed arrogance and presumptuousness. The disdainful minds of her peers wove intricate tales of her intellectual prowess, making her the target of scorn and mockery.
Chapter 4: A Friend in Adversity
Amidst the opulence and envy, Eliza found an unexpected ally in Arabella, a kindred spirit who valued intelligence and honesty above all. Their shared appreciation for knowledge and wit forged an unbreakable bond.
Chapter 5: The Elegance of Empathy
Arabella saw through the masks of disdain that surrounded Eliza and became her shield against the cruel words that sought to diminish her brilliance. Together, they vowed to uncover the hidden truth behind the animosity.
Chapter 6: The Secret Society
In the shadowed corners of St. Ambrose Academy, Eliza and Arabella stumbled upon an enigmatic society known as "The Aristocratic Assembly." Cloaked in privilege and entitlement, this secret society relished in oppressing those they perceived as threats to their power.
Chapter 7: A Battle of Minds
Undeterred by the threats and elitist plots, Eliza and Arabella ventured further into the secretive world of The Aristocratic Assembly. They discovered dark machinations that aimed to suppress intellectual growth and maintain the status quo.
Chapter 8: Embracing Uniqueness
As the oppressive shadows grew, Eliza's brilliance remained her strongest weapon. Arabella admired her friend's resilience and intelligence, recognizing that their combined strength was a force to be reckoned with.
Chapter 9: A Noble Pursuit
The more they unraveled, the more the duo realized that the struggle was not merely against a secret society, but against a mindset that stifled progress and change. Eliza and Arabella resolved to bring about a transformation in their elitist world.
Chapter 10: A Triumph of Character
In a riveting confrontation, Eliza and Arabella unmasked the leaders of The Aristocratic Assembly, exposing their misguided notions of superiority. The truths laid bare, the girls proved that true intellect resided not just in bookish knowledge but in the compassion and understanding they displayed.
Chapter 11: A Beacon of Enlightenment
Their pursuit of truth and compassion led to a shift in the academy's atmosphere. The jealousies that once thrived diminished, replaced by a newfound appreciation for diverse talents and perspectives.
Chapter 12: A Lesson in Elegance
Through their noble journey, Eliza and Arabella realized that intelligence ought to be a source of inspiration and not isolation. In their quest for knowledge and empathy, they became paragons of elegance and grace, lighting the way for others to embrace their brilliance.
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ughplease
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Her attitude to editing and proofreading annoys me SO MUCH. I write as a big part of my job and it is my passion outside of that (copywriting in marketing, but I also write essays, articles, and dabble in fiction now and then) and editing is where the MAJORITY of good writing happens.
It’s not just about catching mistakes (this is clearly what she thinks it’s for - and of course, she never makes mistakes!). By editing you can go back in and really address all the layers of a piece of writing. The flow and rhythm. The devices and techniques. Tweaking sentence structure and vocabulary can make a piece sing. Most of all, you can further refine ideas, and often as I’m editing new and better ideas will occur to me. By the time I am finished, only fragments of my first draft remain.
Editing is so so so integral to writing. When I write, I pour back over every single sentence multiple times. I refine refine refine. All the while trying to remember what I have been humble enough to learn about good writing from other writers. I try to push myself to implement new techniques that I’ve learned or picked up from reading other writers so that my writing grows and develops.
It is hard, disciplined work. Meanwhile Ruby just wants to cosplay being “a writer” and credit to her, she seems to make a lot more money faking being interested in books and reading than she would ever make from writing. What a world we live in.
gossip_guy
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It turns out I have the sense of humour of a small child.
miagossips
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Got round to watching her latest video.
My main (scrambled) takeaways:
1. The concept of a post-holiday reset absolutely screams privileged to me
2. The planner color is a travesty. I actually gasped. On the PUMPINPROTIVTY WABSITE it says the color cover is "matcha" which is actually green, not the ugly light shit colour that Roobster's planner is, but once again, it's just like her to get things Wrong.
From Google: "Good Matcha will always be a vibrant spring-green. If it's yellowish or brownish or dull in look, it is old, of a lower grade or, worse, adulterated." Just like Roobs to give us a dull, low grade planner, eh?
3. The actual PLANNER is vile. Like... VILE. Roob was very excited to see and show the page dividers and talked about them like they were perfect, polished, and beautiful. This is one:
I could do better even in my current sleep-deprived state. Or maybe she thinks this looks good in her deteriorating, malnourished brain. One can only guess.
Also:
Candles or floating cheese blocks? Who can tell! I wouldn't pay one pound for this.
4. The bed sheet has still not been washed. Also, by the looks of it, not yet ironed or even... patted flat. Look at those wrinkles!
The way at hangs onto the floor will give me nightmares. Imagine all that dust collecting on it.
5. Speaking of dust! Roobertha moves all of her desktop crap to finally give her desk a good scrubbing! But oh, wait...
Where's that she's setting all of her stuff?
Right. The dirty, dusty, fly-inhabited windowsill. She is essentially swapping the dirt from the undersides of her things back and forth. What is the actual point? Shall I give her the benefit of the doubt and say she maybe wipes the undersides down?? No???
6. She says that after every holiday she will write down lessons she learned....
I think I speak for a lot of people when I say a holiday is a holiday (to us at least!). A time to rest from work and "reset!" Oop. Where have we heard that before? If you have to reset AFTER a holiday, maybe you're going on far too many. And if you have to find "lessons" in your holidays,,, GET A LIFE OR A JOB. Instead of enjoying her holiday (why would she do that though, she'll be on another next month!), Roobert finds the lessons in them, since her whole life seems to be some fun, academic expedition. Grand.
7. Food, nail polish, or toothpaste on her arm which are all equally as gross/sloppy.
8. Cut off when talking about the video she edited for her trip. "I didn't MAEEENN to EYDITT IT BAAHHTTT... IT WAS JUSS SO FAYN-" cut to an empty screen which leaves the viewer thinking they may have had a stroke (very likely given the creator).
9. Searching for her sister's gift. And I do mean searching. Ruby travels to where no human has before in the depths of her shit-heap under her bed. Items fall and of course, Ruby leaves them like the sloppy, lazy girl she is. She shoves items into boxes and calls it organized. Eventually, she pulls out a box and digs though it to find MARFA's presents. Gag.
Side note: Does anyone else find it extremely grating and annoying when Ruby will mention a fact in her video and then talk about it like she's the expert and the viewer absolutely needs to know it/learn about it? She thinks she's holier than thou and it really pisses me off. "Did yEW KNAUW THAT-" "YEW SHAHLD AHLWAYS-" "IT'S AMPORTANT TEW-" Please make it stop.
10. Roob LAUVS having a biscuit tin "by her bed" which is A. a lie and B. gross if true. Does she shove it with all the dust under her twin mattress?
Roob makes sure to look dead in the camera while taking one, lonely bite of this biscuit after her speech, "sometimes you need a biscuit so i keep a biscuit tin under my bed for when i want a biscuit" or something. portrayal that she eats oh so casually (quite obviously deflecting her ED) whenever she wants.
11. I can't make this up. Painting for her sister's book binding which has potential! (If it had been done by a 1 year old). "Slightly overestimated" is an understatement, Rob.
12. Pathetic book binding. It looks like arse but even though it's crinkled, Rubs says she likes it! Well, that makes one of us.
13. Roob shows the recipes she has, and I quote, "Created, I guess."
The absolute NERVE of this girl. She stole them, she didn't create them, and the pamphlet looks like SHIT. Once again, great job for a TWALVE year old, Roobert.
14. I didn't finish the video. The last part really got on my nerves. Other creators put the work into those recipes and templates. She slapped on some shitty fonts and copied and pasted slabs of text (with no cooking instructions, mind you). I don't care about her shitty print outs that she probably paid loads for or anything else she showed. She has absolutely no talent or is even GOOD at half the things she does. She acts like she's perfect with her shitty, first try attempts at everything which she then scrapes together and showcases as outstanding.
This vlog was particularly annoying, but I guess I'll be be back soon to do it all over again. Joy.
My main (scrambled) takeaways:
1. The concept of a post-holiday reset absolutely screams privileged to me
2. The planner color is a travesty. I actually gasped. On the PUMPINPROTIVTY WABSITE it says the color cover is "matcha" which is actually green, not the ugly light shit colour that Roobster's planner is, but once again, it's just like her to get things Wrong.
From Google: "Good Matcha will always be a vibrant spring-green. If it's yellowish or brownish or dull in look, it is old, of a lower grade or, worse, adulterated." Just like Roobs to give us a dull, low grade planner, eh?
3. The actual PLANNER is vile. Like... VILE. Roob was very excited to see and show the page dividers and talked about them like they were perfect, polished, and beautiful. This is one:
I could do better even in my current sleep-deprived state. Or maybe she thinks this looks good in her deteriorating, malnourished brain. One can only guess.
Also:
Candles or floating cheese blocks? Who can tell! I wouldn't pay one pound for this.
4. The bed sheet has still not been washed. Also, by the looks of it, not yet ironed or even... patted flat. Look at those wrinkles!
The way at hangs onto the floor will give me nightmares. Imagine all that dust collecting on it.
5. Speaking of dust! Roobertha moves all of her desktop crap to finally give her desk a good scrubbing! But oh, wait...
Where's that she's setting all of her stuff?
Right. The dirty, dusty, fly-inhabited windowsill. She is essentially swapping the dirt from the undersides of her things back and forth. What is the actual point? Shall I give her the benefit of the doubt and say she maybe wipes the undersides down?? No???
6. She says that after every holiday she will write down lessons she learned....
I think I speak for a lot of people when I say a holiday is a holiday (to us at least!). A time to rest from work and "reset!" Oop. Where have we heard that before? If you have to reset AFTER a holiday, maybe you're going on far too many. And if you have to find "lessons" in your holidays,,, GET A LIFE OR A JOB. Instead of enjoying her holiday (why would she do that though, she'll be on another next month!), Roobert finds the lessons in them, since her whole life seems to be some fun, academic expedition. Grand.
7. Food, nail polish, or toothpaste on her arm which are all equally as gross/sloppy.
8. Cut off when talking about the video she edited for her trip. "I didn't MAEEENN to EYDITT IT BAAHHTTT... IT WAS JUSS SO FAYN-" cut to an empty screen which leaves the viewer thinking they may have had a stroke (very likely given the creator).
9. Searching for her sister's gift. And I do mean searching. Ruby travels to where no human has before in the depths of her shit-heap under her bed. Items fall and of course, Ruby leaves them like the sloppy, lazy girl she is. She shoves items into boxes and calls it organized. Eventually, she pulls out a box and digs though it to find MARFA's presents. Gag.
Side note: Does anyone else find it extremely grating and annoying when Ruby will mention a fact in her video and then talk about it like she's the expert and the viewer absolutely needs to know it/learn about it? She thinks she's holier than thou and it really pisses me off. "Did yEW KNAUW THAT-" "YEW SHAHLD AHLWAYS-" "IT'S AMPORTANT TEW-" Please make it stop.
10. Roob LAUVS having a biscuit tin "by her bed" which is A. a lie and B. gross if true. Does she shove it with all the dust under her twin mattress?
Roob makes sure to look dead in the camera while taking one, lonely bite of this biscuit after her speech, "sometimes you need a biscuit so i keep a biscuit tin under my bed for when i want a biscuit" or something. portrayal that she eats oh so casually (quite obviously deflecting her ED) whenever she wants.
11. I can't make this up. Painting for her sister's book binding which has potential! (If it had been done by a 1 year old). "Slightly overestimated" is an understatement, Rob.
12. Pathetic book binding. It looks like arse but even though it's crinkled, Rubs says she likes it! Well, that makes one of us.
13. Roob shows the recipes she has, and I quote, "Created, I guess."
The absolute NERVE of this girl. She stole them, she didn't create them, and the pamphlet looks like SHIT. Once again, great job for a TWALVE year old, Roobert.
14. I didn't finish the video. The last part really got on my nerves. Other creators put the work into those recipes and templates. She slapped on some shitty fonts and copied and pasted slabs of text (with no cooking instructions, mind you). I don't care about her shitty print outs that she probably paid loads for or anything else she showed. She has absolutely no talent or is even GOOD at half the things she does. She acts like she's perfect with her shitty, first try attempts at everything which she then scrapes together and showcases as outstanding.
This vlog was particularly annoying, but I guess I'll be be back soon to do it all over again. Joy.
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Jelly Bean
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'Wellies for the puddles'
With ickle toes turned in
Sigh.
With ickle toes turned in
Sigh.
JustVibing
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Girl spent probably 40min on a shopping list and used 3 seperate devices for it. I cant.
DrinaM
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This was literally her opportunity to be a Victorian cycling teacher girl. Or Edwardian, Anne Shirley independent feminist teacher lady aesthetic. She could've even created content out of it: 'How I pack my bicycle for waarhrk' etc. Instead, she opted for Mr Big sitting in the back seat of the car/ personal driver situation. Not sure why this is my second SATC reference in the past few hours.
coldestofspirits
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Okay, I’m going to go for it. I mentioned this in the last thread and I was still hesitating, but. Since other people are talking about Ruby being queer, I feel like it’s okay if I share my ~theory~ at this point, haha. Without meaning to sound creepy, I’ve had this opinion for quite a while (way back before I was able to register on Tattle), and I’ve discussed it a fair bit with my own wife too from a kind of… dorky informal queer anthropology perspective.
So here goes. Ruby gives me HUGE queer vibes and part of that is her obsession with childishness and being an old fashioned girl. One highly niche subtype of queer woman I have encountered over the years is someone who represses and internalises her feelings, who isn’t comfortable with anything around desire and sex, and instead takes refuge in these kinds of archaic identity boxes.
Sometimes these people do figure themselves out and retain the interests in a healthy way while accepting their identity (for example, collecting old children’s books as an interest isn’t pathological in itself). I can think of examples in both directions among women I’ve known - those clearly deeply repressing, and those who eventually accept and integrate.
One of the repressing ones was so like Ruby (but not an influencer so I can’t name her) it’s almost scary. She emotionally fetishised her own childlike qualities - she was still obsessively insisting that she’d been mistaken for a child when she was over thirty. She had an eating disorder and a host of other pathological behaviours and childhood-oriented fixations (many overlap precisely with Ruby’s).
I am not saying that any of this theory is definite proof that Ruby is a lesbian (or bisexual). I realise it’s her own life, her own sexuality, and that some people may be uncomfortable with detailed speculation. Part of why I decided to finally share this was because I feel like Ruby is the (awful) “road not taken” for me personally - that I was also immature, sheltered, repressed, and had at least a few similar traits. This is why I do still have some sympathy for her even though I think she does harm with her content. It was hard work to grow out of my childishness (my deceptively “safe”, sexless, “girl” persona) and accept I was an adult woman. But holy shite, am I glad I put the work in!
Even if I am totally wrong about where Ruby’s attraction lies and whatever it is she is hiding (or feels the need to hide from), repression and performance is never a recipe for happiness. All the gay men and women through the years who had to hide can tell you that. I don’t know why she would be repressing a straight sexuality, but anything is possible - even though my money is on queer, ultimately I just think she needs to stop playing the child. That way madness lies.
So here goes. Ruby gives me HUGE queer vibes and part of that is her obsession with childishness and being an old fashioned girl. One highly niche subtype of queer woman I have encountered over the years is someone who represses and internalises her feelings, who isn’t comfortable with anything around desire and sex, and instead takes refuge in these kinds of archaic identity boxes.
Sometimes these people do figure themselves out and retain the interests in a healthy way while accepting their identity (for example, collecting old children’s books as an interest isn’t pathological in itself). I can think of examples in both directions among women I’ve known - those clearly deeply repressing, and those who eventually accept and integrate.
One of the repressing ones was so like Ruby (but not an influencer so I can’t name her) it’s almost scary. She emotionally fetishised her own childlike qualities - she was still obsessively insisting that she’d been mistaken for a child when she was over thirty. She had an eating disorder and a host of other pathological behaviours and childhood-oriented fixations (many overlap precisely with Ruby’s).
I am not saying that any of this theory is definite proof that Ruby is a lesbian (or bisexual). I realise it’s her own life, her own sexuality, and that some people may be uncomfortable with detailed speculation. Part of why I decided to finally share this was because I feel like Ruby is the (awful) “road not taken” for me personally - that I was also immature, sheltered, repressed, and had at least a few similar traits. This is why I do still have some sympathy for her even though I think she does harm with her content. It was hard work to grow out of my childishness (my deceptively “safe”, sexless, “girl” persona) and accept I was an adult woman. But holy shite, am I glad I put the work in!
Even if I am totally wrong about where Ruby’s attraction lies and whatever it is she is hiding (or feels the need to hide from), repression and performance is never a recipe for happiness. All the gay men and women through the years who had to hide can tell you that. I don’t know why she would be repressing a straight sexuality, but anything is possible - even though my money is on queer, ultimately I just think she needs to stop playing the child. That way madness lies.
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gossip_guy
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Someone must've left some charity money on the lower shelf.