Ruby Granger

[Lola123]

She also seemed really scatty in the last vlog after a “talk” she was giving, I’d recommend you watch that if you are wondering why she might have gone home! Her meant health after it was very very low

 

[JellyWobbles]

The more I watch the more I feel like she’s got Bateman vibes from American Psycho

 

[Kcn]

And now she’s walking around fine in her stories?? Girl seriously needs to learn the difference between soreness after exercise and an actual sprain.

Yesterday she was using crutches in her Instagram story which to me seemed a bit odd. In the UK, from my experience, as soon as you have stopped using NHS supplied products (crutches, wheelchairs etc.) you’re meant to send them back. Obviously due to COVID-19 this may have changed but it either means she went private (nothing wrong with that!) or her family have bought a pair of crutches which are just waiting to be used (which seems a bit strange). Maybe I’m reading into it too much?

However, to go from being on crutches one day to walking fine the next is very strange.

 

[CynicalV]

Having to go live back at home has done her no favours. She's regressed even further into her childlike fantasies.

 

[marypoppinsyall]

Maybe I’m a cynic but I think ruby knows more than we give her credit for. As someone who spends all that time on extra projects it’s hard to believe she’s never looked into british politics even a little. Thinking about it did she post anything about BLM or the election? I can’t remember a comment from her on either but both fell quite a while ago now

 

[3calico3]

So's their sizing!

Variations of sizing between items usually means that, rather than having their own manufacturer/brand, they get their items from multiple countries, including those that have less than ideal ethical practices re: work conditions/pay. Who cares as long as it looks aesthetic, amirite? /sarcasm

 

[3calico3]

edit: oh I see from Instagram she's signed up for remote teaching. Well, I can't criticise her for that to be fair. I hope her housemate is ok though.

I'm in the same region as Exeter, and it is pretty bad there - I think the university has managed to keep it quiet and let Manchester get all the negative attention.

 

[MrsMarshmallow]

Haha oh man, it’s not like “academia” has vowels that tend to differ in dialect (like the a in bath, glass, past etc. or the dreaded scone/scone debate). She probably says acaDAYmia to sound fancier but just looks silly.

Or to sound like Hermione Granger. I was watching a Yt video of Hermione’s most memorable moments the other day, and it struck me how Ruby still forces her pronunciation to sound like Emma Watson’s embodiment of the character.

 

[not fussed at all]

Honestly I used to really hate Ruby but I think she’s the most tolerable studytuber nowadays. She isn't perfect but her intentions never seem bad.

As has been said before, I like that she's not as caught up in the Oxford rejection as the rest of them. She is a bit odd, but I feel like she's kinda okay with that too? I'm in your boat, I actually don't mind her all that much.

 

[tsuyu]

Not very productive of her to be releasing videos that are weeks out of date. Said it previously, but for someone so productive it amazes me how long it takes for her to film and edit a video.. a few months ago during lockdown whilst she was obviously at home she release a video of her 'productive days at university' she'd not been at uni for months at that point

 

[3calico3]

Remember how quickly she moved home in March, at least a week before lockdown for even considered? Maybe her parents are also fearful of the virus, and perhaps want to encourage their children to be the same.

As others have said though, it could be that she couldn't cope with her fears of being alone and felt like she could only concentrate whilst at home in 'safety'.

 

[newuser23]

This is really interesting! I went to private school for a short while and had the complete opposite experience. It completely crippled my confidence and heightened my social anxiety. The abundance confidence from others during lessons was so overwhelming it made me feel worthless, and I felt so guilty for being in such a privileged position that I wasn't utilising as I never spoke in class.

This! I went to private school and it really damaged my self-confidence. From my experience there are two types of people; those who have been told how worthy of success they are their whole lives and are completely unaware of their privilege, and those who are aware of it and more reserved. So many lessons I just sat in silence, feeling so judged for speaking up in class as many believed their opinion was superior to everyone else and wouldn't let others have time to speak. I felt so worthless during my time there and I was so silent during lessons no teachers really could help me. I too felt so guilty for not being able to participate in lessons and activities due to my anxiety as my parents were paying for this experience.

 

[Ripley Rose Kat]

I don't think her skin is thick enough to handle being a teacher. I could see her maybe dealing with being a lecturer, but idk, I just don't get that vibe from her. Maybe it's just me but I never got the vibe she was at all cutting edge with her work or anything, a lot of what she said is just parroting others.

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

 

[3calico3]

Her recent Instagram offerings... it's a big YIKES from me. I keep having to remind myself that this person dressed in a pinafore, sporting plaited pigtails and skipping through fields wearing a boater is 20. I just don't get why she's still so interested in childish things. A friend of mine was a bit like this, but she had gone through some rough stuff during her formative years (age 8 to 15), and so was making up for lost time/interests. I feel like Ruby simply wants time to stand still - she's not really shown any fashion/style development since she started her channel.

 

[woodlandfairy]

I think you can see this affected her A Levels because she did all the study me videos but you could tell from her results video that she was really surprised she didn’t get the full sweep of A*s. I had a friend at school who always worked hard rather than smartly and was always stressing and burning herself out, and she didn’t quite get what she wanted when a lot of us got good grades with a lot less time investment. I think Ruby could do with looking at how other people study, and try a different tactic and focus on getting tasks done efficiently.

She needs to stop making to-do lists and rewriting notes several times. Literally I understand people who like making their notes pretty ( and admire it) but its not very efficient/practical for studying because your brain power is split between learning new info and focusing on keeping things organized/aesthetic/etc, at least I know I would get caught up with making my notes pretty and not absorb as much actual info.

Literally I just made messy notes and studied them. I certainly didn't rewrite them.

 

[Anon576]

I’m quite like Ruby that I like my notes to look nice but I usually have messy class notes and then write up neater notes. But I wouldn’t keep re-writing the same notes in different ways like Ruby does

I even got to the point where I found rewriting messy class notes too time consuming and started writing them on my laptop/iPad.
She’s stuck in the A-level type of studying where content is the most important thing

 

[hpprotego]

I noticed on thw Harry Potter study video that she just uploaded, she’s reading “Fasting Girls”, a book about the history of anorexia nervosa. Not sure how this would be relevant to her life right now, other than if she would be struggling with anorexia? But my experience has been that reading that type of content could be triggering if you’re struggling with an eating disorder.

Might be becoming a bit of an obsession, perhaps rather than falling into the ED she’s trying to read and educate herself about it though? I mean who knows what she’s said in therapy etc, but there’s no harm in reading a book to try and understand something. Often recovery is easiest once you’ve accepted an issue and understood it....

Ruby isn’t the type to leave her mental health without a check up though, unlike people like Holly Gabrielle, who’s never seen a professional (with an intent on recovering anyway). At least with Ruby, she’s willing to improve herself! I just hope nothing bad happens.

 

[kbryson]

Does anyone else feel like she is part of the lgbtq community

 

[ECH]

"Year Seven rucksack" is just a bit of a joke I think, because Year Sevens always tend to bring every single thing they might potentially need to school and don't make use of their lockers so they just haul everything around all day. We had the same joke when I was at school.

Yeah, it's a joke about the kids you see with backpacks as big as them because they're bringing all their notebooks, their PE kit, and their food tech stuff to school everyday.

 

[sitkx]

I do wonder if Ruby has sensitive hearing, because I do and that clip of them talking sounded very loud and would certainly disturb me getting to sleep. I wouldn't put it in a video but it would definitely bug me.

same. I don’t think she should’ve included that in her video, but I completely understand her annoyance. It was past 10:30pm or something, which is late enough to wanna wind down for bed. Conversations that loud would annoy me too, and I don’t even go to sleep til after midnight