I am just so curious to see how she will react to realising Oxford is just a normal university with normal people. Sure with formals and pretty buildings (not all of them though) but like... it's university, not Hogwarts :') I went to Cambridge and sure, biking home late at night among the beautiful buildings sometimes was magical, when it wasn't freezing and raining, as were formals with friends.. but... 99% of my life wasn't romanticised. I really hope she can cope with the work and doesn't spend all her time fake studying in pretty libraries
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Charlotte_Sometimes
Chatty Member
Gosh where to start?!
First time comment.
For some reason Ruby’s Instagram feed popped up on my page and stupidly I took a look.
Initially I thought it was a parody account. Having checked here, I was relieved to find likeminded people.
Having done two masters (and been approached by St John’s college, Cambridge to study with them), she is way off the mark with what you need to take with you.
I’m surprised she can lift her backpack off the floor. At one point, I was half expecting her to pull a rabbit out of the bag! ……I think she forgot the kitchen sink.
A rain hat, a plastic bag, cutlery, not one but two pencil cases, stamps, note lets and envelopes…and still the stuff keeps coming! Glasses, contact lenses, her Waterstones student card for a 5% discount……noise cancelling headphones, ear pods, her planner, and about three different notebooks, blah blah blah.
She is so vacuous.
The only essentials required are a pen, pencil, a highlighter pen, laptop and notebook.
…..and is it just me or does her thumb look like a toe??!!
First time comment.
For some reason Ruby’s Instagram feed popped up on my page and stupidly I took a look.
Initially I thought it was a parody account. Having checked here, I was relieved to find likeminded people.
Having done two masters (and been approached by St John’s college, Cambridge to study with them), she is way off the mark with what you need to take with you.
I’m surprised she can lift her backpack off the floor. At one point, I was half expecting her to pull a rabbit out of the bag! ……I think she forgot the kitchen sink.
A rain hat, a plastic bag, cutlery, not one but two pencil cases, stamps, note lets and envelopes…and still the stuff keeps coming! Glasses, contact lenses, her Waterstones student card for a 5% discount……noise cancelling headphones, ear pods, her planner, and about three different notebooks, blah blah blah.
She is so vacuous.
The only essentials required are a pen, pencil, a highlighter pen, laptop and notebook.
…..and is it just me or does her thumb look like a toe??!!
DrinaM
Chatty Member
Me, imagining the near-retirement guy who lives next door arriving home from work as a foreman on building sites and I'm frolicking like Catherine Earnshaw's ghost in my nightie in my backyard that his verandah basically looks over
Griftwood
VIP Member
We’re all here because we have more than a passing interest in her doings. I have regular dreams about Gordon Ramsay (the other night, we were catching puffins together in the Faroes of all places), but I’m not going to go find him any more than I’m going to go find Ruby. Just snarking on someone online really isn’t a very strong motivator to go stalk someone irl, whatever you may think about it. Let’s not concern troll.I just did a precursory search and didn't find it though? I found that Willowtree thing that was posted earlier, which I can safely assume isn't it, but it's most definitely not just there and easy to find.
I think there's cause for concern about both, the amount of people who say they have dreams about her and know her address in these threadsI'd be more worried about that, if I were Ruby, than the comments on her account
(I'm fully braced for the 'oKaY, RuBy' comments that always get rolled out like clockwork)
bookworm39
Well-known member
Thanks for the summary! Her lack of preparation for uni is giving me anxiety. I'd have expected her to be posting a lot more Oxford content by now. Things like "Oxford prep to do list" "What I'm reading for Oxford" "What I'm bringing with me to Oxford" that sort of thing.Thank you to @theMoth for the title! We are presently in the “throws of summer” but Little Miss Rootabaga kindly continues to provide whatever she thinks will pass for entertainment these days. Right now, she’s holidaying in Italy (her 4th Italy trip in the past year btw) with her BASST FRAND BLAKENEEE and dressing exclusively in Victorian underwear. In an alternate universe, this would make her some sort of a bizarre performance artist, but alas, we are stuck in this universe, where somehow she’s going to Oxford in less than three months and is reading mostly YA and middle grade fiction over the summer in lieu of preparation. Early Modern who? We don’t know her
threeSMEGfridges
VIP Member
The real creeps are weirdos like Penultimate on her comments section.
or Ruby herself; being a friendly ADULT pen pal to her tween subscribers
or Ruby herself; being a friendly ADULT pen pal to her tween subscribers
JustVibing
Active member
Oh my god her new video.. I cant even see the potential of me being bored enough to find any of these ideas appealing, ever. Just shows how little she does and how absolutly bored she must be just sitting around her parents house for a year.
Of course she begins by claiming how boderline bullied she is because she's an introvert and most ideas of things to do are *shudder* social.
No Ruby, this is strictly not true, I would even bet the first thing people tell you to do when you say youre bored are introvert things like "read a book" or some other crazy stuff. But of course we need you to tell us poor introverts how we can spend our time.
Also nobody ever said introverts dont apprechiate their friends, they just say that about you Ruby.
Special mention to "take a poetry book out in the rain to get it completly soaked and ruined and learn the poem by heart". Wtf.
"When you learn a poem it gives it a new meaning almost because you know it so well that you can really just focus on the meaning of the poem".
a) what kinda sentence is that?
b) shouldnt you have learned, during your degree, to find the meaning of a poem by just you know... Reading and analyzing it?
Also I dont even can imagine how many creatures have made a permanent home in that outdoor-chair-thing.
The whole segment would be borderline concerning anyway, but the fact that she insists to do it in the pouring rain... It adds a whole new other meaning to the meaning of the video.
Also 800 ways of copying texts onto pieces of paper to a) hang them up you wall or b) make a little crappy booklet out of them. Somebody in primary school praised her for her copying skills and she never looked back, right?
The bookcover she painted kills me though, especially since that paint is gonna peel right off once its dried. Also how the hell did she think that would improve the book in any way???
Also love the reference to "in summer" because we cant to anything without mentioning seasons. Exactly none of the boring activities had any connection to summer, but okay. Probably shes mentally still stuck in that school attitude of summer being the season with the most free time, unlike any other working adult whose free-time doesnt depend on the seasons.
Now I'm bored thinking about the video.
Of course she begins by claiming how boderline bullied she is because she's an introvert and most ideas of things to do are *shudder* social.
No Ruby, this is strictly not true, I would even bet the first thing people tell you to do when you say youre bored are introvert things like "read a book" or some other crazy stuff. But of course we need you to tell us poor introverts how we can spend our time.
Also nobody ever said introverts dont apprechiate their friends, they just say that about you Ruby.
Special mention to "take a poetry book out in the rain to get it completly soaked and ruined and learn the poem by heart". Wtf.
"When you learn a poem it gives it a new meaning almost because you know it so well that you can really just focus on the meaning of the poem".
a) what kinda sentence is that?
b) shouldnt you have learned, during your degree, to find the meaning of a poem by just you know... Reading and analyzing it?
Also I dont even can imagine how many creatures have made a permanent home in that outdoor-chair-thing.
The whole segment would be borderline concerning anyway, but the fact that she insists to do it in the pouring rain... It adds a whole new other meaning to the meaning of the video.
Also 800 ways of copying texts onto pieces of paper to a) hang them up you wall or b) make a little crappy booklet out of them. Somebody in primary school praised her for her copying skills and she never looked back, right?
The bookcover she painted kills me though, especially since that paint is gonna peel right off once its dried. Also how the hell did she think that would improve the book in any way???
Also love the reference to "in summer" because we cant to anything without mentioning seasons. Exactly none of the boring activities had any connection to summer, but okay. Probably shes mentally still stuck in that school attitude of summer being the season with the most free time, unlike any other working adult whose free-time doesnt depend on the seasons.
Now I'm bored thinking about the video.
can’t wait for Ruby to go to Oxford and realise how normal everyone is there and how Oxford students don’t spend all day writing to do lists and doing busy work for the dark macadamia aesthetic but instead study tactically, meet people and actually get involved in university life
Cady1954
VIP Member
Oh I'm so disappointed in her using 21st century tech appliances. I thought she would be stocking up on quills and ink. I expected better of you Ruby Granger.
replace32titles
Chatty Member
The thing is, there's nothing wrong with having an academic interest in children's books (there's nothing wrong with having an unacademic interest in it as something to read that's light and fun for those times when you don't feel like putting effort into reading) but somehow Ruby's managing to portray herself online as someone who's Serious About Books but simultaneously as someone's who's not actually at all into the serious side of literature. And that's fine! The vast vast majority of us are the latter. She'd just be so much more interesting if she was more real about who she is and what she actually likes.
I don't think I've ever watched one of her videos in my life but if she was to hold her hand up and say unapologetically "Here's a ten minute video about my thoughts on Malory Towers, yeah, I like kids' books, what of it?", I might watch that. Even a rambling video on "I like children's books because they let me forget that I'm supposed to be moving into an adult life where there's no defined structure to what I'm supposed to do and that terrifies me" - tons of people can relate to "adulting is scary". Drop the dark academia act and go full-on cosy, comforting and familiar.
The whole influencer thing came about in the first place because these were real people with real opinions who we trusted. The ones who haven't sold out their opinions & personalities and who are honest and authentic are the ones people still like. Be real, Ruby!
I don't think I've ever watched one of her videos in my life but if she was to hold her hand up and say unapologetically "Here's a ten minute video about my thoughts on Malory Towers, yeah, I like kids' books, what of it?", I might watch that. Even a rambling video on "I like children's books because they let me forget that I'm supposed to be moving into an adult life where there's no defined structure to what I'm supposed to do and that terrifies me" - tons of people can relate to "adulting is scary". Drop the dark academia act and go full-on cosy, comforting and familiar.
The whole influencer thing came about in the first place because these were real people with real opinions who we trusted. The ones who haven't sold out their opinions & personalities and who are honest and authentic are the ones people still like. Be real, Ruby!
For me the biggest sign that Ruby *might* be queer would be her insistence that the reason she likes Emily Dickinson's poetry is *too private* to share. Although the real reason is probably that she doesnt want to admit that she would love to live with mommy and daddy forever.
bookworm39
Well-known member
Also, why would you want to write a grocery shopping list 5-6 weeks before you move in? That would be sooo far down my priority list if I had to get ready to start uni again!
coldestofspirits
Well-known member
She shouldn’t need a character list and plot summary at masters level. It’s an alarming sign of how disengaged she is with the core texts. She ought to know them pretty much back to front - I’m not saying everyone will know them that well (there will be a few others who haven’t prepared brilliantly), but anybody who is interested in academia or literary activities more widely likely will. You’re expected to make detailed analytical points, not just mention the name of a character or refer to the plot…
Does she see the MSt as nothing more than a theatre for the creation of Oxford content? That would explain her lack of interest.
Does she see the MSt as nothing more than a theatre for the creation of Oxford content? That would explain her lack of interest.
CatCafe234
VIP Member
Even the Roomba is filthy. I feel terribly sorry for it, I know we were all about free Blakeney but we need to get that poor thing released from its servitude. Free RWOOM-BAH!
gossip_guy
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It's especially stupid because Ruby has been claiming for a really long time that she already is that person.
Any time there's NYORD V.P. ANNE sponsorship ads to do or she needs an extra activity to pad a faked vlog, she claims she's always going into town or going to London, taking up space in every café and tea room around and she's JANUINELY doing it solo and ABSOLYOOTLEEEE WAHRKING AND STODDYING VARRY HARD by herself.
She's been claiming for years that she STODDIES SYO MOCH and also READS HONDREDS OF BOCKS FWORE PLAZSHA! Now she's saying she wants to become someone who reads for pleasure alongside studying.
Grades are stopping us from laarrning and Ruby learned that grades weren't important after graduation, but she hasn't bothered removing the prominent section for people to put their ideal grades in their planner. Toxic productivity never dies.
She claims her biggest motivation is growing her mind and changing the way she thinks. But if someone points out when she's objectively wrong about something, she gets passive-aggressive, insists she's right, makes up bizarre excuses for her mistakes and/or gaslights anyone who questions her.
It's just non-stop contradictions, lies, toxic stupidity and exceedingly fake personality traits and interests, and she's far too lazy and brainless to even try to stay consistent with her lies.
Even in her correction she's wrong. Hemoglobin (built from iron) in blood carries oxygen. Our body is also not gonna let being a little bit dehydrated prevent blood flow to our most important organ?? We would all be very dead after a night out if that were the case. She seriously lacks critical thinking...
Griftwood
VIP Member
They literally spent the night in a glamping tent in their backyard
Although I have no doubt the digestives would’ve been damp coming out of their mouldy kitchen.This is her biggest issue, and she will never overcome it. Her entire life and persona is built on in this make believe version of what she thinks is a well-read, academic, eccentric person. None of her interests feel genuine to me, everything is a prop for her camera. She doesn't know how not to perform and I also think this Oxford era isn't even for herself, it's to prove to her viewers and others that she is the kind of person who gets accepted into Oxford. I often wonder how anxious and tired she must be, trying to keep up this ridiculous act and her massive jumble of lies. She doesn't need a postgraduate degree, she needs extensive therapy.