Submitted by 54_actual t3_zwxyru in todayilearned
Technically she did live to 100 if you count months in the womb. So, the way I see it, she made it to 100 and did it with style.
That’s how they do it in Korea so in Korea she was 100.
RIP to an absolute legend.
They actually is gonna change that system now, i think with the new year every south Korean will be one year younger. But it's a fascinating and fun way of counting the years.
It wasn't just the womb (which is true), but also each new year is '1 year'. There were babies that would literally be 2 years old a few days after birth.
I remember it being mentioned in the article i read about this topic. As said it's fascinating and curious to say the least.
Really? That's cool. I just thought Mom was being kooky when she pitched me that idea. There really should be a statue of Betty somewhere. She was a national treasure.
It’s a bit more nuanced and changing soon actually. You’re 1 at birth then turned 2 on New Years Day regardless of how soon it came. Your age went up at the start of each calendar year as opposed to your birthday.
yep, the Koreans essentially count the number of distinct calendar years you've been alive for, even if it leads to silly things like somebody born on December 31st, 2004 being 3 years old on January 1st, 2006, despite being only 366 days old in elapsed time. it really only makes a big difference for very young ages, where being off by a year or two can be significant.
That wouldn't count as far as I'm concerned. She wasn't born. Thus no BIRTHday.
This all sounds like a bogus workaround, to try and claim her to be 100.
Just count the many leap years she was alive for. That’s easier than letting the anti-choice nut jobs use your comment as an evidence point for their shitty arguments.
Good idea. Thanks, CleverCarrot999!
She certainly did, she was a classy lady!
Even her nudes felt wholesome to me, which I thought could never happen. LOL. She was so adorable.
> she made it to 100 and did it with style.
She was definitely a good sport!
They still had previews for her birthday special running in the theater the day she died and the audible awws and some soft nos followed by silence from everyone in the room was a morose intro to the movie.
I can imagine it, i remember her tweeting about, everyone was so looking forward to her birthday and then shit hit the fan ..
She was like a grandma to everyone, and i say that being Swedish, but she was such a sweet person and made it feel like she was your own beloved granny.
I was half expecting/hoping that she would show up for her 100th birthday and say the news of her death was just a joke.
Now that would've been awesome!, and although not realistic I can totally see that being in her style :)
She was in the industry so long she had 4 shows called "The Betty White Show" and no one was confused as to which was which because they all happened so far apart
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I'm more partial to The Betty White Show but I respect your opinion.
Come on, the order obviously goes
4: The Betty White Show 3: The Betty White Show 2: The Betty White Show 1: (and this is where it gets controversial) The Betty White Show
People will call current generations lazy for still living with their parents but Betty FUCKIN White did all that shit while living at home.
It was the 50’s and she was a woman, she wouldn’t have been expected to move out until she married.
Iirc She was fired from her own show too, for standing up for a person or peoples.
She booked a black performer and was told not to do it again. Of course, being Betty White, she did.
The original cancel culture.
Golden girls will always be my favourite show… there us a moment in one of the episodes where the 4 main girls agree to take care of each other until the end of their lives… then Rose (Betty’s character) says “What happens when only one of us is left?”.
That moment always creeps me out because all of the other golden girls died before Betty. :(
Rip Betty!!! And all of the Golden Girls!
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We need a statue of her on the mall in DC.
She predates sliced bread. Sliced Bread.
Everyone knows that Sliced Bread is the greatest thing since Betty White.
For us older farts, it boggles my mind Betty White had a full career before the Mary Tyler Moore Show.
Loved her on mtm. The more I learn about this lady the more I love her!
Titlegore
A national treasure.
You watch her on SNL in her later years and she still had it. Her timing was impeccable. A true pro in every sense.
She was a national treasure.
She was the best. And watching old episodes of Password and Password Plus, her and Allen Ludden were just so sweet.
She was one of a kind. Bless her Soul 💐
She was an incredibly bad b*tch. RIP.
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Didn't Lucille Ball have her own studio complete with film stages/Backlot?
No, I'm not trying to diminish how awesome BFW, but we should forget the other groundbreaking folks out there.
IIRC Betty white had complete control of her show in like 1954 and Lucille Ball didn’t have full control of Desilu Productions until the early 60’s.
yes, lucy and ricky owned desilu studios, which originally was the rko studio lot.
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And the 1st lady of TV. RIP dear Betty. It's been almost a year since you passed and we love you.
And she managed all of everything she did without once bitching about inequality or patriarchy or any of that other bullshit that feminist bitch about nowadays....
Legend
One of only a few true American celebrity Icons.
Ah yes, ELLEN HARPER JACKSON. Heheh :D I'll miss her great acting.
sounds like triva
Where's the beet
Sadly, she never did achieve her one true dream of having William Shatner cum on her.
Dunno why the downvotes, she literally said that.
To be fair, William Shatner's the guy who finally got to space and "that shits fucked. Nope"
There's no way he'd appreciate such a fine specimen like Betty
That’s an almost disrespectful summary of his thoughts on the trip. To quote a part of his reaction:
> It reinforced tenfold my own view on the power of our beautiful, mysterious collective human entanglement, and eventually, it returned a feeling of hope to my heart. In this insignificance we share, we have one gift that other species perhaps do not: we are aware—not only of our insignificance, but the grandeur around us that makes us insignificant. That allows us perhaps a chance to rededicate ourselves to our planet, to each other, to life and love all around us. If we seize that chance.
I’m not sure how you can read his thoughts on it and get “that shits fucked. Nope” out of it.
JustPlainRick t1_j1xfxzu wrote
She was awesome, i was so bummed out that she died so close to her 100th birthday, just 18 days!