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This was her strangest video that she's posted and I've been through the frozen peas and cabbage water porridge days with Ruby.
I keep thinking about it and there's something not right about it. I think that it would perhaps be an acceptable video if she was a teenager than a 24 year old. It gave me the vibes of a school project on nonsense poetry for English or media studies than something a masters student would do.
It just feels like she's going through a big regression since she's gone home, it starting off with the childish outfits and now this. I am expecting to see more odd food combinations coming again.
It's also very telling that she's been so quiet about Oxford the whole time, especially in comparison to Exeter where she was filming about her grades, speaking about her assignments. Ruby has been so quiet about Oxford other than her pretending to study in the library.
I don't think that she is getting the grades that she expected. I think ruby was expecting to get distinctions for all of her work 70% upwards for my MA course, and shes been given a few merits 60%+ or passes 50% +. I've had a mixture of all those during my course and it's upsetting not to get distinctions and merits all the time as to being honest, life happens and you get through the course as best you can and take the 58% .
I think that if ruby had all distinctions , she would be posting about it as it fits her image. I think that she would be very tight lipped about getting a merit compared to distinctions. I am convinced that she changed course in Exeter as she got a 50 something grade for her first theology essay and it ruined her from having straight firsts.
I don't know if she's had some bad news like a book has been rejected and she's on another debut novel or she's not got into a PhD application and the regression has been furthered by this.
I think once Oxford is finished she'll try and become a full time writer again in her parents house as she 'wants to spends lots of time with them,' or what she said in the gap year. I think that she'll continue to make content but I don't think that she'll be mentioning or discussing Oxford much and pretending it never happened.
I think that she's picked the course which wasn't for her. I think that she was mostly wanting the aestheticn and the idea of Oxford compared what she's actually experienced. I'm still convinced that she went for the dark academia aesthetic and that she will use it for a novel idea.
I keep thinking about it and there's something not right about it. I think that it would perhaps be an acceptable video if she was a teenager than a 24 year old. It gave me the vibes of a school project on nonsense poetry for English or media studies than something a masters student would do.
It just feels like she's going through a big regression since she's gone home, it starting off with the childish outfits and now this. I am expecting to see more odd food combinations coming again.
It's also very telling that she's been so quiet about Oxford the whole time, especially in comparison to Exeter where she was filming about her grades, speaking about her assignments. Ruby has been so quiet about Oxford other than her pretending to study in the library.
I don't think that she is getting the grades that she expected. I think ruby was expecting to get distinctions for all of her work 70% upwards for my MA course, and shes been given a few merits 60%+ or passes 50% +. I've had a mixture of all those during my course and it's upsetting not to get distinctions and merits all the time as to being honest, life happens and you get through the course as best you can and take the 58% .
I think that if ruby had all distinctions , she would be posting about it as it fits her image. I think that she would be very tight lipped about getting a merit compared to distinctions. I am convinced that she changed course in Exeter as she got a 50 something grade for her first theology essay and it ruined her from having straight firsts.
I don't know if she's had some bad news like a book has been rejected and she's on another debut novel or she's not got into a PhD application and the regression has been furthered by this.
I think once Oxford is finished she'll try and become a full time writer again in her parents house as she 'wants to spends lots of time with them,' or what she said in the gap year. I think that she'll continue to make content but I don't think that she'll be mentioning or discussing Oxford much and pretending it never happened.
I think that she's picked the course which wasn't for her. I think that she was mostly wanting the aestheticn and the idea of Oxford compared what she's actually experienced. I'm still convinced that she went for the dark academia aesthetic and that she will use it for a novel idea.
gossip_guy
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The English PhD option at Oxford expects a Distinction for her Masters, which ain't happening.
Realistically, given how uncharacteristically quiet she's been about her grades, how much she's vague-posted about bad mental health days around grading time and how much she's struggled to even come up with coherent, acceptable essay thesis questions on her own, I'd be shocked if she graduated with anything above a pass.
And if by some miracle she got in, she'd have to be an unfathomably dumb glutton for punishment to blow another £30-50,000+ on a degree she doesn't need and won't use, for something she has no genuine interest in. Her Masters has been an ego-crushing experience for her and she's been too out of her depth and miserable to exploit the superficial appeal of it for content, which was the only real reason she wanted to go. A PhD would be tougher for longer.
At least if she got a real job, they'd pay her to be hopelessly miserable doing something she dislikes while having to spend time away from her mummy.
Realistically, given how uncharacteristically quiet she's been about her grades, how much she's vague-posted about bad mental health days around grading time and how much she's struggled to even come up with coherent, acceptable essay thesis questions on her own, I'd be shocked if she graduated with anything above a pass.
And if by some miracle she got in, she'd have to be an unfathomably dumb glutton for punishment to blow another £30-50,000+ on a degree she doesn't need and won't use, for something she has no genuine interest in. Her Masters has been an ego-crushing experience for her and she's been too out of her depth and miserable to exploit the superficial appeal of it for content, which was the only real reason she wanted to go. A PhD would be tougher for longer.
At least if she got a real job, they'd pay her to be hopelessly miserable doing something she dislikes while having to spend time away from her mummy.
Griftwood
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She’s given it a go though, she clearly enjoys it much more than the poor flowers do
also semi-ot but since we’ve talked about Roobee’s lip-smacking - I recorded and edited my first podcast today and to my horror, I apparently make a similar noise when I start a sentence
luckily, they show up as tiny little blips on the track so I was able to edit them out without too much effort.gossip_guy
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Yup, she sprained one ankle doing excessive running. She then ignored all basic common sense and standard medical advice to rest and heal, insisted on continuing to do gymnastics instead and screwed up the other ankle. Naturally all of this was "VARRY INFYORIATING" and none of it was Ruby's fault.
She had a phone consultation with a doctor who told her it was sprained and to rest it. But what do doctors know? A simple sprain wouldn't garner sympathy and views! So Ruby went ahead and Erimenthassessed herself as having a Grade 2-3 sprain/ligament tear despite apparently having seen zero doctors or medical professionals in person.
(Ruby VARRY TRYOOTHFOLLY explaining her legitimate medical diagnosis. Spot the obvious tell.)
It was also yet another thing she never wanted to work to improve at, so she never bothered going to structured training sessions. She just went to the occasional 'pay for an hour' drop-in free play sessions where she could fling herself about on a trampoline and hope for applause from random bystanders (while framing it as a structured "gymnastics meeting" to make it seem more important).
Probably doesn't help that by the time last year at Exeter rolled around her energy and basic coordination were completely shot in general (malnutrition strikes again!) so she got actively worse at gymnastics (and everything else) with time. Whenever she showed herself trampolining or doing gymnastics she looked like she was ready to break her neck or backflip face-first into the floor at any moment. Since then, she seems to have ditched the acrobatics in favour of just starving herself and doing a 2 minute lap of her back yard while claiming she went on a 5 hour "RON".
Griftwood
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She was flexible (and still is, witness her contortionist ”yoga” poses lol) but her trampolining consisted of her flopping around without much control. I think the whole gymnastics thing took place around the same time as when she was reading books about eating disorders and generally trying to make those (and later, ballet) into an identity. Most likely, she left all that expensive equipment outside to rot for the winter and if they haven’t been binned yet, they’ll be in the loft, waiting for middle-aged Roobee to dig them out in 20 years’ time.
CoffeeMamma
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I thought they had a cleaner called that simply because in one vlog there was a note saying "we love you Clara, thank you!" With a to do list underneath, and then the "next day" (who knows with Ruby) the list was gone and the chalkboard said "thanks for all you do Clara enjoy your holiday"
Which if it's her mum is absolutely bonkers.
Hannahebee
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If she's extremely stressed then I take it her dissertation isn't going well. I also think it's safe to say her experience at Oxford hasn't gone the way that she planned as IMO I don't think she has enjoyed a single minute of it.
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gossip_guy
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Oh, goodie, another dull-as-dishwater fake routine.
My favourite part was her trying desperately to convince people that she's exceedingly busy with VARRY IMPWORETANT YEECHEEB ADMIN WAHHHRK.
But since that "work" doesn't exist, she just shows herself writing an entirely unnecessary reply email to decline an invite to a 'Furiosa' screening.
"Thank you for thinking of me," she writes, even though the last thing anyone should be thinking when talking about a high-octane, two-and-a-half-hour action movie is "Y'know who'd love this? Ruby Granger."
My favourite part was her trying desperately to convince people that she's exceedingly busy with VARRY IMPWORETANT YEECHEEB ADMIN WAHHHRK.
But since that "work" doesn't exist, she just shows herself writing an entirely unnecessary reply email to decline an invite to a 'Furiosa' screening.
"Thank you for thinking of me," she writes, even though the last thing anyone should be thinking when talking about a high-octane, two-and-a-half-hour action movie is "Y'know who'd love this? Ruby Granger."
Hannahebee
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But Ruby flowers do actually have a clear/superficial use for humans as dried flowers and plant parts are used to make various types teas and infusions as some of the most commonly consumed flower teas are Chamomile, Lavender, Rose, Hibiscus, Marigold, Chrysanthemum and Jasmine teas. Some flowers are also edible and can also offer various health benefits so by saying that they don't have a clear use for humans is incorrect and shows that you don't understand what use flowers have to people.
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emmer_moans
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I agree, I can't see her immediately job-hunting once her Masters is done. She'll 'give herself time' and in a few years still not have a job.
Whisper2Me
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It never ceases to amaze me how Ruby allows golden opportunities to slip through her fingers. She went to uni, she went to Oxford, she had so much information and history at her fingertips, so much she could have shared about life as a student at Oxford, and she let it all slip away. Her viewers were waiting for her to share her experiences and she let everyone down. Time is out. Her stint at Oxford must be done by now and she used most of her video/vlogging energy directed to random sponsors, repetitive routines or information, taking selfies in a lift and buying coffee. Nothing really Oxford exclusive. What a waste of time and energy. I'm not interested in her reading to us, twirling in fields, having tea parties, hanging out with her best friend as an excuse to make content, or rambling on about productivity. I don't care about her grades or her whining about how hard she found it there, or how much she loved it there, when she didn't share the process. It isn't going to change my life in any way. Even if she learned how to drive at her age, it seems so blase. In the US we are driving in our teens. I'm not interested in her bragging or her entitled behaviour. I don't want to see what she is drinking or eating or care how many books she did or didn't read this year or what she got for her birthday or Christmas. I don't really see how she is going to keep followers interested in her content at this point. Acting younger is going to be so cringe, her pretending, her travels with little reflection, her messy bedroom are just such major turnoffs to me that I doubt I will be watching much anymore. There are so many better YouTubers out there with decent content and excellent editing skills that make their videos a joy to watch and inspirational. She had a momentous opportunity to share life, struggles and studying subjects with everyone and she threw it all away.
Sibyl Vane
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She is catching up on eating cakes with no almond whatsoever.
Whisper2Me
Chatty Member
You can't buy birdseed without first getting a croissant. Yeah, I can. This felt more like a sponsor for birdseed than anything else. The way she shoves the heavy bag on top of her books in her knapsack. I can't anymore. Oxford has officially turned her into a complete idiot.
Who cares what Martha is does? She keeps herself to herself. What she's not doing is maliciously selling a lie to her young audience to stroke her own ego and line her own pockets. She's not cosplaying as child genius who sacrifices her entire life to studying and academic achievement, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and sometimes longer. She's not selling an unattainable image that not even she can ever hope to live up to. She' not preoccupied daydreaming about being an 11 year old girl in her childhood bedroom. She ain't stealing charity money to buy herself overpriced Miss Patina dresses.
Most likely Marfa is doing absoloutely nothing productive with her life. It seems like she is perfectly content to waste all her time on her shitty little creative projects, get drunk with her friends every other night, and spend her parents money whenever and wherever she can. If that's what makes her happy, good for her. The problem with Ruby is not that she's a waste of space. TBH, I wish I could be a waste of space and never work a day in my life, too. The problem with Ruby is the pathological lying, the snobbishness, and the judgemental self-righteousness.
And the biggest sin of all, Ruby's not even happy doing it.