Ruby Granger

[n8459]

So she can afford the rent for a home she isn’t living in (just assuming, as it’s the most likely situation with a student lease) but reuses a teabag?

surely she’s got her priorities mixed up

 

[Welshgal]

I am convinced that Ruby just makes everything seem like „productive work“. If my flatmate and I sit together with a coffee and talk about current law issues I don‘t call it work but Ruby does. If I prep in the morning (reading a bit or writing to do lists) I don‘t call it work but Ruby does. Sorting through photos isn‘t work but something really fun to do imo but of course, Ruby calls it work.

Agree that her content has been the best lately but it‘s still somewhat problematic

 

[nissigossips]

Her morning routine video is bizarre for so many reasons?

1. It's a video from when she was at uni... but she moved back home. And she hasn't mentioned that on YouTube yet? Surely that makes a big difference to her routine?!

2. Chugging down a whole glass of cold water first thing is such a classic eating disorder move

3. also weird to wash your hands as soon as you wake up?

4. Courgette porridge

5. the music from 5:30ish onwards is such a weird choice hahaha way too dramatic, a shame because the rest of the music seemed like a great fit

6. Why does she call it a year seven rucksack? More child pretending?

Also her flatmate Blakeney seems super sweet... I hope she hasn't left her alone in Exeter...

 

[SoulDestroyer]

I completely agree with the big fish, small pond thing. I had a friend who went to a grammar school, aced everything and then to Oxford where she failed her first year in economics. Couldn't handle having to research topics herself or organise her workload as the grammar school pretty much spoon-fed them, plus she got a shock when she had peers who were better than her and weren't afraid to show it.
I think Ruby has spent most of her life being told how wonderful she is (which is nice, in a way), but is ill-prepared for the competitive world.

 

[Wills315]

Why the fuck is this girl cartwheeling everywhere and frolicking around the garden pretending she’s a fictional character at the age of 20

You mean you don't do this?

 

[hocvaht]

Perfectly understandable to be atheist and study Theology - I did as part of my degree and the majority of others on my course were also non-religious. It's learning about religion, not learning how to be religious!

But yes, I don't see the passion for English either - it's almost as though she likes the idea of being an English student more than the reality.

 

[gingerteacup]

Her behaviour is so odd and bizarre. She needs to grow up and stop with the molly coddling. She has so much privilege and never acknowledges it. It like she lives out this fantasy life stuck between a study fanatic and young child. Even the way she says her names is OOT “heyloo its roobeeeee” I find her fascinating to watch. Bizarre, but fascinating.

 

[Ripley Rose Kat]

I don't judge anyone for going to private school. I'm from a relatively "nice and middle class area" my parents didn't send me to private school because they couldn't afford to send all of my siblings including myself.

They always said they would have if they could have afforded it, I would have gone.

I definitely would have liked to have gone to one though. I don't know why, just curious I guess.

My experience of my school was terrible but I know not all schools are like that. I just didn't like my school because they had favourites and didn't really give a shit about anyone else.

I never judge anyone based on their schooling.

As long as they are a good person and have good morals, treat me and others regardless of status, background, race, religion, etc. I don't really care where you've gone to school

 

[xekatinaz]

I’m reading this while brushing my teeth

 

[Deeznutslol]

On her Instagram stories, she's gushing about how she loves each month. However, what she describes are the seasons, not the months - she just so happens to notice the changes in seasons occurring in specific months.

Also, she said that it snows in February in the UK. It hardly EVER snows in the south of England (maybe once every 5 years?!), so I don't know what she's talking about.

Oh man I just saw that the whole thing comes off as being really scripted and a bit jerky? And her tone doesn’t really match what shes saying... idk
I also cannot deal with people who feel the need to romanticize everything, especially things that are just generally shit, like winter.
You’re right, it rarely snows in winter in the south. Its almost always just 4 months of cold, rainy, dark and depressing weather.

 

[Scapier88]

I actually really enjoyed her what I eat in a day but only really because I love seeing her interact with her roommate - she seems so much happier and more down to earth in those clips

It does seem like she changes from the act she puts on for YouTube even her accent changes

 

[opal73]

I feel like she'll do a master's and PhD before becoming an author or writer.

I wonder if she'll end up reapplying to Oxford? I think her main issue of why she was rejected the first time was her interview just didn't go well and she isn't much of an original/deep thinker, she just did well on her A levels and likes to study excessively... Exeter was definitely a better fit even though she took it pretty hard at first since it was basically her dream from age 12. I think she's matured a bit from those days but I'd be curious if she does apply again in the future, hopefully she would save telling her audience until after she got accepted because otherwise it would be a bit awkward if she just got rejected again and got their hopes up..

 

[DigiDuino]

I really think she takes too much time organising what she’s going to do, making lists and diary entries.

it makes her feel productive but she’s taking too much time not actually doing proper work so she falls behind on everything

 

[nissigossips]

I can't think of how we'd do it but it has to have a mention of aca-day-mia

 

[whatshesaid123]

Another English Literature graduate here, I definitely never spent that much time studying. It's more list making for the sake of it. I would be interested to see what she is like in seminars.

I’m not an English student but I study a subject that is heavily about reading and independent work like English degrees are. But I’ve never in my life done 11 hours in a day. I wouldn’t have the mental capacity to do that, the only thing I would say is that sometimes reading can take a long time if you are a slow reader but ruby obviously isn’t. My lecturers say that the average time studying for each module should be between 4-6 hours per week outside of contact hours - so even if you did 6 hours a day (the maximum) and take 6 classes then that would be 6 days out of the week (36 hours) which is miles less than what ruby does. I think she just makes more work for herself but doesn’t effectively study

 

[UMFood]

It’s a bit worrying and sad that she needed to schedule ‘making apple porridge’ on her to do list and tick it off, just enjoy your breakfast Ruby, it’s an every day thing

 

[whatamievendoing]

Sorry if I’ve missed something but did Ruby say she’s lacking confidence in something? Obviously she’s v scared about covid. I know she’s part of clubs at uni and helps run the Harry Potter one IIRC, but is there something else?

She literally didn't leave her house for the entirety of lockdown 1 and she (not diagnosing at all) can be very obsessive about things eg the sanitising of her backpack a few months ago and when she moved into her uni house this year, so those are things she needs to work on. I just used confidence as an example as one of my "fear activities" was speaking in class and got over it by just facing it, whereas the things that cause her anxiety eg growing up she just runs from rather than breaking down the anxiety and dealing with it. She has mentioned therapy in the past though, so if she is still doing that I hope she works on these things!

 

[Silentcritique]

I think it's important to mention at this point that if you actually look in the comments of the video Ruby says that it wasn't her housemates making noise, it was some men who were chatting outside her window.

 

[blmrqslm]

I think what shook us the most was the fact that she insisted on going back to uni, even knowing it wouldn't be the same. Like, it was her choice? And she didn't even give it a chance to things settle. She rushed there and then rushed back home. It looked like a waste of time and money. If she wasn't sure about dealing with the pandemic situation, she should've chosen to continue having online classes, like Holly Gabrielle did, for example.

 

[Welshgal]

„I just wanted to quickly run through the key COVID guidelines for students...“ But before that I ran around a bookstore and unnecessarily touched multiple books
And yes, I know she said she‘d sanitized between each book but I find that very hard to believe.. If she really wanted new books she could have looked them up online and then just grabbed the ones she was going to buy but that wouldn’t have made for
some nice instagram stories. What a hypocrite