of course, the sad truth is, she will pass. Even at a place like Oxford failure rates are kept artificially low to keep the customer happy
of course, the sad truth is, she will pass. Even at a place like Oxford failure rates are kept artificially low to keep the customer happyI wonder if she'll even get her Master's degree, assuming she is struggling with the diss. If she doesn't, will she
a) Lie and say she did, then brush it under the rug and never mention Oxford again?
b) Release a 30 min long video explaining why "failure is productive"?
c) Drop off the face off the Internet?
How could we forget… she got this dress in ITALAY with her BAST FRAND!! SO THEY COULD BE TWINS!!It looks like it might have been the PR manager's dress? In which case, what was she wearing? How quick did this change of clothes happen? Sounds like the story has been exaggerated for effect.
You’re right (and I agree with your speculation), and I’m not criticising the eyebags so much as I’m just finding it amusing that she will tell us she loves her diss topic yet not tell us what it is. She’s an enigma shrouded in mystery wrapped up in a question mark, for sure.Tbf, isn't it more honest and real for a studytuber to show those moments where they get super tired and have extreme eyebags? If she only ever showed herself happy and pretended she wasn't stressed, it would be a terribly false construction of student life for her younger audience (Ruby is guilty of doing this at times). I'd rather pics of her eyebags and acknowledgement of stress, than her showing herself twirling on her countryside estate and then later quietly admitting to hating her time as a student, like she did with Exeter...
She has a strong tone of finality when Oxford is mentioned lately, so it's seeming less and less likely that she'll be staying to get her DPhil. I do wonder if potentially not having secured a position on the DPhil at Oxford is making getting through this last stretch harder? All of the hard work might feel kind of futile, from her perspective, if she doesn't have her next dream position lined up. I at least hope that she realises, by virtue of being there, that Oxford isn't the be all and end all.
And she looks so happy on the first pic of that swipe...Boo hoo so STRASST, I love my dissertation topic but will not tell you what it is (even though we can all reasonably guess it has to do with constructions of childhood, probably GARLHOOD, in Early Modern literature). I tried to look up when dissertations are due, all it says is ”early June” and a mention of how it’s possible to ask for an extension. So possibly the end of this week. (I do kind of feel for her, crunch time is stressful whether or not you’re smart/stupid/pretentious/realistic/lazy/a perfectionist to begin with… it’s universal.) (edit: however, the rest of us aren’t monetizing our eye bags on social media)
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THAT.Of course, I didn't waste my uni days running to get cafes and switching around libraries or trying to write a book and take selfies in a lift for social media. I was busy studying across the semester, not waiting to the last moment to clinch a subject and write a dissertation in the last few weeks.
Just like the jeans, she used to wear jeans almost all the time, then suddenly Miss Patina offers her clothes and just at this moment "I never liked jeans." Yeah ok Ruby, were you forced by mother granger to wear it?I can't wait to hear her litany of excuses of how education and degrees are not important to be a productive human being. Her future is so vague and pointless right now.
YES whenever i see someone studying in a coffee shop i assume they’re being performative or procrastinating because i refuse to believe that’s conducive to any decent work being doneI never understood the trend of 'studying' in coffeeshops, known as busy and noisy, where you can easily ruin your computer or books by spilling your drink. There's libraries, and free wifi on the campus if people want to study elswhere than their own room, which I can understand. And for the other customers who actually want to eat and drink in the coffeeshop when all the students are here, it's litteraly impossible. I remember the starbucks near my work place, it was just impossible. And most of the time they weren't eating, drinking or even studying, they were just here, chatting.
THAT.
I never understood the trend of 'studying' in coffeeshops, known as busy and noisy, where you can easily ruin your computer or books by spilling your drink. There's libraries, and free wifi on the campus if people want to study elswhere than their own room, which I can understand. And for the other customers who actually want to eat and drink in the coffeeshop when all the students are here, it's litteraly impossible. I remember the starbucks near my work place, it was just impossible. And most of the time they weren't eating, drinking or even studying, they were just here, chatting.
Just like the jeans, she used to wear jeans almost all the time, then suddenly Miss Patina offers her clothes and just at this moment "I never liked jeans." Yeah ok Ruby, were you forced by mother granger to wear it?
Or the coffee when she tried to look like a writer and just by magic suddenly loved drinking coffee, while she never did it before. Is there even something authentic about this girl?
And the worst is that the message itself ( not the one about the jeans) could be good, it's true that you don't need a degree to be a productive member of society. But claimed by a person who based her entire persona on studying and getting A+ grades? Lol. Just said that you're failing at something, it's ok, it happened to everyone.
Sadly most of them don't do that. And the employees don't dare to disturb them because well, they don't want themselves being in trouble if a client isn't happy so... And Ruby is the perfect illustration of the "I want to be seen 'studying' in a coffee shop just to look cool'.Many cities now have co working spaces which you can go to.
Hogging a table in a coffee shop; many of which are struggling financially, is just rude tbh unless you’re getting several drinks and sandwich to justify your extended time
This is so annoying. You're allowed to change your mind about things! No one is going to call her out for being a fake fan of skirts because she used to wear jeans. You can discover a new interest without retconning that you've actually been obsessed with it since you were 4.Just like the jeans, she used to wear jeans almost all the time, then suddenly Miss Patina offers her clothes and just at this moment "I never liked jeans." Yeah ok Ruby, were you forced by mother granger to wear it?
Or the coffee when she tried to look like a writer and just by magic suddenly loved drinking coffee, while she never did it before. Is there even something authentic about this girl?
You’re not wrong, but also we’re talking about a person who deadpan asserted she ”never wears jeans” while having worn at least three different pairs of jeans in videos posted around the same time. Having one’s interests change is normal, blatantly lying about something as trivial as jeans just to project a certain image is childish and awkward.This is so annoying. You're allowed to change your mind about things! No one is going to call her out for being a fake fan of skirts because she used to wear jeans. You can discover a new interest without retconning that you've actually been obsessed with it since you were 4.
I loved going to coffee shops whenever I had to do monotonous or boring tasks. Things that needed to be done, but don't take to much brain power to complete, like writing study cards, cleaning up data or organising literature. Sometimes I also went there on days I felt particularly unmotivated and it was either go to a café and get some cake or rot in bed the whole day lol.YES whenever i see someone studying in a coffee shop i assume they’re being performative or procrastinating because i refuse to believe that’s conducive to any decent work being doneseems very pretentious to me
Also I used it to get some motivation. Like when I had a hard time to drag myself out of bed. It was an easier goal, and I had to get dressed, I’d go grab a coffee get some semi productive time in, but felt so much better and then moved to the library often for hours of productive work.I loved going to coffee shops whenever I had to do monotonous or boring tasks. Things that needed to be done, but don't take to much brain power to complete, like writing study cards, cleaning up data or organising literature. Sometimes I also went there on days I felt particularly unmotivated and it was either go to a café and get some cake or rot in bed the whole day lol.
But for ruby I feel like it's mostly performative.
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