She’s also going to have to move out at the end of every term too. Pretty sure Oxford to high Wycombe isn’t that badly priced for a train as the line was redone. She just will expect a lift every time which is pretty sad
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I think you’re exactly right. She seems like someone who has anxiety and doesn’t really believe in herself despite the front - because that’s what it is IMO - just a front that hides a lot of insecurities.
This is so accurate and well-put. Her lies make me angry, but reading this made me so sad for the way she's choosing to live her life. Not as in I pity her, I don't, it's her conscious choice, but it just sounds so pathetic.
I find it irritating that she keeps using being an introvert as an excuse to avoid socialising for the whole year and give her an excuse to avoid other students for the year. It would he a good opportunity to meet her classmates at least but I don't think that she wants to meet people smarter than her ect or be asked what she did during her gap year ect.
It really is a contrast to the first year in Exeter as she was trying to be social. Om just watching her Exeter video and she's speaking about approaching people to speak to them and going to a curry night, trying to have the door open to meet people. She was speaking about chatting to other students in the accommodation and playing cards with them. It's actually such a contrast to how she is in this video.
You can't imagine Ruby doing this in Oxford or even speaking to the people on her course. She seems rather subdued. I don't know if the realisation of actually being in Oxford and doing the course has hit her.
I don't see Ruby really socialising this year and she'll use the excuse of being an introvert or needing to do course work to avoid people. I can't even see her being in the student kitchen if there's someone there or having her food in it. She'll just eat in her room and just cook early in the morning to avoid bumping into someone.
It wouldn't surprise me if she just ate cold foods or food she's buy from a cafe ect so she can eat in her room and avoid other students especially since she has fridge in her room.
It really is a contrast to the first year in Exeter as she was trying to be social. Om just watching her Exeter video and she's speaking about approaching people to speak to them and going to a curry night, trying to have the door open to meet people. She was speaking about chatting to other students in the accommodation and playing cards with them. It's actually such a contrast to how she is in this video.
You can't imagine Ruby doing this in Oxford or even speaking to the people on her course. She seems rather subdued. I don't know if the realisation of actually being in Oxford and doing the course has hit her.
I don't see Ruby really socialising this year and she'll use the excuse of being an introvert or needing to do course work to avoid people. I can't even see her being in the student kitchen if there's someone there or having her food in it. She'll just eat in her room and just cook early in the morning to avoid bumping into someone.
It wouldn't surprise me if she just ate cold foods or food she's buy from a cafe ect so she can eat in her room and avoid other students especially since she has fridge in her room.
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Also the ‘dream course’ comment was so forced 
we know it ain’t
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Ughhh and she says stationary when she means stationery
we know it ain’t---
Ughhh and she says stationary when she means stationery
The fact that she needed to go back in the middle of her outro and tell us she was nervous = she’s petrified. She’s so far out of her comfort zone and as we know, she will do anything rather than push herself. For her sake, I hope she gets over it soon.
Why are comments turned off in this one?
Did she take her driving test before going to Oxford? Is she continuing lessons there? I know when I was learning, more than a few weeks off would make me soooo rusty.
If she is going to just let it slide, that would be an epic waste of mummy and daddy’s money. Lessons aren’t too cheap these days.
If she is going to just let it slide, that would be an epic waste of mummy and daddy’s money. Lessons aren’t too cheap these days.
Maybe YouTube thought she's twelve so they disabled comments.
This is only for undergrads, I don’t think MA students have the same rule
Rumbster, I'll say it again, being an introvert isn't really what you seem to think it is, it's definitely not a shield you can use against anything you don't like.
Some unfortunate kid who has to share the kitchen with Rumbster: "Umm, can you pls stop leaving dirt everywhere?"
Rumbster: I'm an introvert
The kid: Pls, you left a muddy handprint on the kettle
Rumbster: I'm an introvert and a tea lover
The kid: you have dead flies stuck on your frying pan, clean it off pls
Rumbster: I'm an introvert, you're bullying me because I'm special
Some unfortunate kid who has to share the kitchen with Rumbster: "Umm, can you pls stop leaving dirt everywhere?"
Rumbster: I'm an introvert
The kid: Pls, you left a muddy handprint on the kettle
Rumbster: I'm an introvert and a tea lover
The kid: you have dead flies stuck on your frying pan, clean it off pls
Rumbster: I'm an introvert, you're bullying me because I'm special
She does a use an excuse of being an introvert to avoid people. I don't know if she possibly does this as she is worried about being rejected by people or because she has a social anxiety and she doesn't know how to speak to people who are her peers or someone who isn't her family or Blakeny. I think as well, she is probably feeling inadequate for the course and it will stand out that she knows nothing or even cares among her peers. Ruby always likes to be the smartest in the room and I don't think that she would like to be with other students who are actually interested in the course as they'll see is a fake.
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Sorry for adding on as I was having problems with my computer and I couldn't post this bit and my time to edit timed out!
It is rather sad as in Exeter she was going out of her way to be social and I felt bad for her when she said that it was more difficult to make friends than she expected, but it was important to keep saying hello. I was really rooting for Ruby and wanting her to do well in those videos when I watched it the first time and when I watched it last night. I can't see Ruby even speaking to her peers unless she has to or it is a lecture setting and she will stay in her room every night as she is 'socially drained,' from being an 'introvert.' She will want to speak the lectures and try to use them to help her course work wise or career-wise, but I think that they'll see right through her.
I just get a sense of dread and upcoming in this Oxford video. I can sense a Ruby regression. I'm still not sure if she will drop out or not. I could see her disordered eating being prominent online again and we'll get the odd creations and combinations again and small portions and her googling the calories in ketchup.
I could see Ruby staying in her room the whole time. I can't even see her going to the student kitchen unless it is first thing in the morning to avoid bumping into someone. It might be a blessing the people who she stays with as she might leave the place like Bones Mannor. She will be eating in her room and it wouldn't surprise me if she got a microwave for it. She'll be living off cold foods and also gifted snack bars and donuts.
I can't even imagine Ruby coping with living with other students. She is going to be annoyed if someone makes a noise or they are drinking etc. I don't know how much she will hear but I'm assuming there is a communal area. I remember that she got annoyed at Exeter when the people in her building were up past 11 and were talking or something like that. There was a bit in a video where she is complaining at the noise and glaring at the camera. I could see that again.
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Sorry for adding on as I was having problems with my computer and I couldn't post this bit and my time to edit timed out!
It is rather sad as in Exeter she was going out of her way to be social and I felt bad for her when she said that it was more difficult to make friends than she expected, but it was important to keep saying hello. I was really rooting for Ruby and wanting her to do well in those videos when I watched it the first time and when I watched it last night. I can't see Ruby even speaking to her peers unless she has to or it is a lecture setting and she will stay in her room every night as she is 'socially drained,' from being an 'introvert.' She will want to speak the lectures and try to use them to help her course work wise or career-wise, but I think that they'll see right through her.
I just get a sense of dread and upcoming in this Oxford video. I can sense a Ruby regression. I'm still not sure if she will drop out or not. I could see her disordered eating being prominent online again and we'll get the odd creations and combinations again and small portions and her googling the calories in ketchup.
I could see Ruby staying in her room the whole time. I can't even see her going to the student kitchen unless it is first thing in the morning to avoid bumping into someone. It might be a blessing the people who she stays with as she might leave the place like Bones Mannor. She will be eating in her room and it wouldn't surprise me if she got a microwave for it. She'll be living off cold foods and also gifted snack bars and donuts.
I can't even imagine Ruby coping with living with other students. She is going to be annoyed if someone makes a noise or they are drinking etc. I don't know how much she will hear but I'm assuming there is a communal area. I remember that she got annoyed at Exeter when the people in her building were up past 11 and were talking or something like that. There was a bit in a video where she is complaining at the noise and glaring at the camera. I could see that again.
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It's because the vast majority of people in her halls will be either much older and accomplished than she is or international students, and Ruby can't stray outside her bubble for a single moment.
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Exactly.
There is not going out every night, that's fine, but you can't make an effort on the FIRST night when everybody is at their most open and kindest?
Sad.
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Which is further proof that she did zero research into Oxford, because practically all graduate accommodation is modern. They expect graduates to be there to learn, not to have the 'Oxford experience'. Undergraduates lives on quad, graduates (and thirds years at a lot of colleges) live in the modern extensions down the road.
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I don't even remember this but it just shows how ridiculous it was for her to choose a party and sports uni for undergrad and then complain about it when she got there. The logic went no further than "JK Rowling went there" and "it's full of Tories like me", and she's probably applied the same logic when choosing Jesus. Instead of "this college has an academic with a research interest in the area I want to write my dissertation on" it's "the QUAD at JESAS is VARRRY ASSTATIK."
‘Introvert‘ seems to be the latest persona she’s latched on to, to justify staying in her room. When she started talking about how it’s ok to be an introvert and not to go out it sounded to me like she was parroting something she’s misunderstood from therapy - it’s fine to stay in or go out and introversion has nothing to do with it, being introverted or extroverted is more about how you recharge. Some people need alone time to do that, others don’t. Being introverted is not the same as being socially anxious and Ruby is conflating the two and using introversion as an excuse for her behaviour.
I actually think it’s quite sad that she didn’t make the effort to go to the social event - academia is incredibly lonely and she’s going to be spending a majority of her time alone researching and studying. She’s going to find it even lonelier if she doesn’t even bother to get to know someone she can casually chat to in her residence. Not to mention, if she is thinking an about a career in academia then networking is a huge, huge part of that and avoiding every social interaction won’t do her any favours.
I actually think it’s quite sad that she didn’t make the effort to go to the social event - academia is incredibly lonely and she’s going to be spending a majority of her time alone researching and studying. She’s going to find it even lonelier if she doesn’t even bother to get to know someone she can casually chat to in her residence. Not to mention, if she is thinking an about a career in academia then networking is a huge, huge part of that and avoiding every social interaction won’t do her any favours.
Maybe if she just said "I am tired of travelling and unpacking. It was a long day after doing practically nothing at home for a longer time period, so I skip tonight" would have come off as more genuine than just saying that she skips getting know new people because she is introverted. Back in the day, I didn't want to go to these events because in case of my university, it always meant heavy drinking and hooking up, and I personally preferred socializing in between classes with those in my course, while enjoying the evenings with my roommates (three of us shared one room). I consider myself a more introverted person but communication and meeting people in cases like this is important. I hope she will make an effort to know at least those she'll studying with and make some friends - I really hope she gets better mentally.
Just watched and I have a quick question - is Rubes no longer vegan? I’m not sure if I missed this announcement in another video. She was in one of the small local supermarkets getting her groceries, which always have much less choice than their larger counterparts, so I’m almost certain that wasn’t vegan whipped cream or pain au chocolat’s she picked up.
Also, whoever said Daddy Bones was cute in the video, you were right, he is kind of adorable
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Also, whoever said Daddy Bones was cute in the video, you were right, he is kind of adorable
.A bit off-topic, but I got my masters in English from a Croatian uni, so far from any prestigious British experience. I've been watching Ruby on and off throughout the years and I have always been baffled at how... limited (?) her knowledge of linguistics and literature is. It goes without saying that just because you study something, doesn't mean you are expected to know everything. You are there to learn. But it is so strange to me that, for instance, Ruby in her 3rd year at Exeter didn't even know how to pronounce Chomsky. We covered linguistics, semiotics, structuralism, the whole anthology of literary theory and criticism in the 1st and 2nd trimesters of undergrad in order to be able to use that knowledge in academic writing and the analysis of literary works. I always assumed someone who goes to Exeter or Oxford would be somewhat superior in that aspect, not that their scope of knowledge would be smaller in comparison. I would expect an Oxford student to be more articulate, observant, intelligent, knowledgeable and capable of more in-depth critical thinking, not someone whose interest in academics is almost entirely due to aesthetics.
She never was, or at least hasn't been for a very long time. It's just another fake identity trait for her to wave around because it makes her feel superior (and having a pretend dietary restriction is a handy smokescreen for her ED).
She buys leather bags, buys wool clothes, regularly eats dairy products, honey, etc. She's been getting caught on camera doing it for years now because, like everything she lies about, she's really bad at covering her tracks.
It wouldn't be a big deal if she just said, "I mostly live a vegan lifestyle but there's times when I don't." But instead she has to constantly shout that all of her food and activities are VEEEEGAN because she wants people to believe she's the most vegan vegan who ever veganed.
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