Submitted by 54_actual t3_zwxyru in todayilearned
She was awesome, i was so bummed out that she died so close to her 100th birthday, just 18 days!
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 :)
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