Ruby Granger #40 Ruby the linguistic terrorist

[Ilaariaa]

She’s obviously half-inched that recipe from a website so why not just share the link rather than an artistic interpretation? There’s so much missing here it makes my baker’s soul hurt.

What’s the method? I’m assuming you curdle the ‘milk’ (soya? Oat? Almond? Pea? Potato?) with the vinegar but it’d be good to know. Equally do I cream the butter and sugar or just chuck everything in the bowl and hope for the best? Why are the fractions mixed - 2/3 of a cup of butter and 1.25 cups milk? How much vanilla - a teaspoon, a gallon? What size tin and what temperature oven, and for how long? Ok, we all know it‘ll be ‘in the aga until it’s a solid, deep brown, crisp disc that could injure you if dropped‘ but thow us a bone, Rubes. Honestly, if you’re going to present a recipe as your own at least make it make sense. And yes, cakes do have a habit of turning out bad when you don’t follow a method …

I have an idea as to why her concoctions always turn out bad, if that's how she approaches baking

 

[Lola123]

Why's she bought a new iPad when she already has one that clearly works? Why did she waste money on one of those smart cases if she wants to use the pencil???

Why didn't she use the Apple trade in and student programmes that they have to get a heavily discounted iPad and pencil in one?

She's infuriating

Or just get a keyboard case for her current iPad? To me it seems like that’s all she wanted from the new one
Seems wasteful for just one year too!

 

[Redrose97]

I think she's been desperate for a book deal to magically land in her lap as an escape so she won't have to face failing at postgrad or dealing with the real world.

It'd be the perfect 'Get Out of Oxford Free' card for her, but she clearly has no concept of reality if she's expecting it to happen for her at all, let alone in the hilarious timescales she keeps expecting every time she puts it on her "SOMMAR BOCKAT LIST".

I have been wondering if that has been her plan, to be honest, and so she can become a 'writer.' This is has been apparent to me as there has been so much focus on writing and that the identity she wishes to obtain is a 'writer,' rather than an Oxford student etc. Plus it would give her the excuse to stay at home and continue writing away and taking her constant holidays that she needs for 'inspiration.'

If she stays in Oxford, it will allow her to be inspired by enough for a dark academia book as she has the imagination of a bowl of porridge, and is unable to write something unless it is something that has happened to her, plagiarised, or she happens to be somewhere e.g. she has to be in the cold to write about winter in a sense of wonder or that she was inspired to change a part of her book as she is was in Florence than anywhere else.

How many books is she writing now? She seems to be in a constant stage of planning and writing outlines for things but she has to send drafts for her agent apparently.

 

[Daredevil]

Ruby Granger #41: Roomba going to Hogworts Axfewd!

 

[drew54]

thread title idea: "ummm actuallyyyy *incorrect statement*"

 

[Freyjalace]

Ruby is this you

She could never write 180k words
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Buying tea and coffee out has to be the saddest aspiration I have ever heard

I don't get it, she just wants to go and spend money on something? Is that an achievement?

 

[Griftwood]

I really didn't find anything online.

bestie you’re telling on yourself here

 

[emmer_moans]

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Don’t look here, Roomba! Do your work!

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Isn’t summer in UK? (I’ve no idea )

Yes it's summer but we've had a month of rain and temperatures around 18 degrees, so to be fair, it has been a bit chilly.

 

[emmer_moans]

Been absent from tattle for awhile had a tough few months "me and mr scapier have separated "ut on small human girls birthday evening I thought I would pop on to say why Ruby still playing happy post grad got a job whilst living at home.
Where are the getting ready for uni vlogs eg what I learnt you don't need to pack for uni as a graduate

There haven't been any "prep" vlogs as yet nor has she read much relating to the time period her course will be based on.

Sorry you've had a rough time

 

[roobee]

you guys were saying marfa might have a drug problem but I kinda think this video shows Roo riding a high? that or she is in a manic episode or something. her usual inaptness explains the shitty bookmarks etc. but that diy-ed book cover is shockingly bad, just beyond imagination. why would any sane person share it? it is the do-you-think-a-depressed-person-can-make-this meme reincarnated and when it first came up, it literally made me gasp and I had to physically cover my gaping mouth. but then I laughed. a lot.

anyways the latest video is incredible. instant classic. 10/10.

 

[coldestofspirits]

She really does make a tit of herself.

 

[countcontessa]

In her latest what's in my uni bag video, WHAT IS GOING ON WITH HER THUMB NAIL!!?? I mean her actual nail. Did/ does she bite her nails at all? I've bitten my nails for as long as I can remember, I hate it but when I can manage to let them grow they don't look like hers?

Please, someone correct me if she has some sort of condition that would make them grow that way, but I'm sorry, that specific thumbnail looked revolting.

It's called brachydactyly and lots of people have it (me, Megan Fox lol). It's just that hers are badly trimmed and her nail polish has gone weird and cracked, which makes it look like a fungal infection

 

[Binx]

I could see her trying to get into teaching just to live out a governess fantasy

 

[birthofthecool]

I just watched the Italy video. I don’t really watch much Ruby at all and it’s shocking how different her voice sounds in the voiceover compared to when talking with Blakeney.

Also, did anyone else see that on the postcard she was writing near the beginning it started simply with “dear friend”. Such a weird and old-fashioned way to start a postcard (very on brand for Ruby but weird nonetheless)

 

[Whisper2Me]

Is her dress on backwards? The placement of those straps looks like she’s got it on back to front. Just going by dresses i have of the same style, the back straps are attached to the bodice closer together than the front. It just looks a bit strange on the front.

It basically doesn't fit her correctly and she isn't wearing it right. You are supposed to have the front in a level square, but she has it pulled up too high, or the entire thing is too big for her and meant for someone with a few curves. You are also supposed to tied the strings into little bows, not have them just hanging down like that. She looks like she is half dressed. Much like her messy bed, her splattered computer screen and her chipped nail polish, she looks like a ragamuffin.

 

[soph30]

obsessed with this

 

[Ilaariaa]

I really don’t understand her inability to keep any sort of fan interaction thing going… it would literally cost her nothing to send a couple of messages a few times a week on this server and keep it active, she could even put it on one of her many to-do lists or set an alarm on her phone if it’s hard for her to remember. Hell, I’m pretty sure most YouTubers pay someone to pretend to be them and interact on Discord. Someone from her management could surely do it.

I understand if she doesnt enjoy speaking to randos online who are obsessed with her - I wouldn‘t if I were in her shoes. But if that’s the case, stop making book clubs for them! She’s only letting them down. I remember how disappointed some of the admins were who ran her original book club that was supposed to have Zoom meetings that never materialised. That’s how you lose fans.

It's not like she's busy either. Most Booktubers I follow can manage one or more bookclubs on top of posting content, having a job, a family etc.

 

[pinkmug]

I'm absolutely clueless about ChatGPT. It's not something I can use in my job and I haven't got much time to spend learning it (so I haven't bothered) but I noticed a tutor on my MA course said that some students were flagged up on a recent module for AI and plagiarism. He said AI isn't good beyond superficial reading- not sure how true that is as I am a dinosaur. Hopefully Ruby knows not to use it for actual writing but I think she shouldn't mention it at all in her study videos, tutors don't like it.

I have a friend who teaches a music history class at the university and she says all her subpar students somehow churn out excellent essays thanks to ChatGPT a lot of students nowadays rely on it because they don't want to put in the effort. I don't know if there is a plagiarism control on AI-written content but I doubt there is a way to prove it and I think Ruby will take full advantage of it. Granted my friend's subject is very factual rather than criticism based, so maybe it will be different for topics where an actual opinion will matter.

 

[DrinaM]

Looking at the balance sheet that someone posted earlier and had totally forgot that her middle name was Philomena. She could have a much nicer and more original publishing name/online name than Roob Granger. And the way that even her mother is branded across socials (except for her blog) with Granger is so weird.

 

[bookworm39]

In the new video she mentions a lot that she is behind on tasks, doing something at the very last minute etc... It feels like she's struggling to stay on top of things and it's not a very good look for a productivity youtuber

Behind on what, exactly? It's not like she has an incredibly busy schedule right now.