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Duolingo is a language-learning platform that includes a website, an app, and a sociopathic owl mascot that specializes in threatening users to continue their courses. From passive-aggressive notifications after a period of inactivity to visiting your bedroom while you're asleep, it knows no limits. As the owl became more and more confident in its wicked ways, some of the 300 million Duolingo users started creating memes to tell about the times it came hunting for them. That's right, it doesn't matter if they're learning conjunctions or idioms, the owl is always watching. Waiting. And if they haven't completed their daily task by midnight, it's a bloody nightmare. Continue scrolling and enjoy some of the funniest Duolingo memes from Twitter, Instagram and pretty much any other corner of the internet!
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The Duolingo project was started in 2009 in Pittsburgh by Carnegie Mellon University professor Luis von Ahn (creator of reCAPTCHA) and his graduate student Severin Hacker. Initially, Luis Von Ahn wanted to create a program that would both teach its users a foreign language and have them translate simple phrases in documents, though the translation feature has since been removed.
The project was originally sponsored by Luis von Ahn's MacArthur fellowship and a National Science Foundation grant. Additional funding came from an investment Union Square Ventures and actor Ashton Kutcher's firm, A-Grade Investments.
Duolingo started its private beta on November 30, 2011, and more than 300,000 users joined the waiting list. On June 19, 2012, Duolingo launched for the general public. Due to popular interest, it has received many investments including a $20 million Series C round of investment led by Kleiner Caufield & Byers and a $45 million Series D round of investment led by Google Capital. Currently, Duolingo employs 95 people, of whom many had been working for Google.
All language-learning features in Duolingo are free of charge, but it uses periodic advertising in both its mobile and web browser applications. Users can get rid of it by paying a subscription fee.
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FortnitePlayerGirl 5 years ago
LOL! While Duolingo can be annoying, I know some Japanese because of it. And yes. I survived 3 weeks without Duolingo...My inbox was a wreck.
Freddy Martin 5 years ago
I did esperanto for a while, but almost did it for a year without missing a single lesson so I decided to stop myself. Now, I'm taking japanese in hs and so I'm practicing on duolingo too
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i_ship_it 5 years ago
I'm terrified and I'm probably fleeing to a remote island in South Africa because the Duolingo bird has terrorized my phone and family for the past 2 weeks that it has been installed. Goodbye all.
Jane Doe 5 years ago
These are so true, but the creepiest one was when I got a sentence in German that translated to "I have six nephews and three nieces." Because I do. WTF Duolingo? That s**t's not even on my FB.
Annabelle Bordesnki 1 year ago
Run away and burn down everything you have duolingo on. It’s only a matter of time before he’s here.
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Paola Martz 5 years ago
My.mom, who's an elderly lady who doesn't know so.much about devices and apps has been using Duolingo for learning English. It has been like 6 months now. She was very excited about it at first, now I often hear her yelling at the phone, arguing with the app haha it's priceless xD
PandaLover 5 years ago
It's nice to see I'm not the only one being endlessly harrassed and guilt-tripped by Duolingo
HarlemHampton 5 years ago (edited)
Heh, I’m being harrassed and guilt-tripped by them too... 😖😖😖
Load More Replies... cookie_cat 1 year ago
I just started Duolingo in German, I didn't know this thing was a death sentence for my cats!! H E L P ! ! !
Caroline Ondris 3 years ago
I stopped playing Duolingo months ago on my old school account- I wonder how much longer I have left to live
Lemon Garnished Potato 4 years ago
Ok so I am learning german on duolingo and I feel like it's planning something because it felt the need to teach me "Duo is strong and great" in german.
Foxyloxylou 5 years ago
RUN. KEEP RUNNING. KEEP RUNNING AND RUNNING AND NEVER LOOK BACK. THAT BIRD KNOWS WHO YOU ARE, AND IT WILL FIND YOU AND KILL YOU. IN FRENCH.
Evgeniya Khon 5 years ago
I don't know if this entire post was an ad for duolingo, but I downloaded the app! Japanese language, here I go!
Clare Amidei 4 years ago
Duolingo is scary... my friend and I joke about it a lot and one when I texted him saying Duolingo is watching I got a notification on my computer saying Duolingo notifications didn’t seem to be helping and that they would stop sending them... Duolingo was blocked from sending me notifications...
itsuki_xin 5 years ago
i do English in there cause i'm Japanese but duo lingo was freaking killing me with notifications ks-ks (i know some English im just not fluent)
Peter Wood 5 years ago
The "Coming Soon" picture is Duolingo leaning into it and teasing what turned out to be an April Fool's Day announcement that the Owl will literally arrive where you are and shame you.
Barry Allen The Flash 5 years ago
Dear @Duolingo please release my family it has been six days I am scared.
thepotatogirl 5 years ago
We used Duolingo in my high school Spanish class, the stories they have on there are actually kinda funny, but these memes were so relatable
Milena 5 years ago
yeah, I've noticed a lot of sponsored and masked content lately... the UPS guy? 0-0
Load More Replies... FortnitePlayerGirl 5 years ago
LOL! While Duolingo can be annoying, I know some Japanese because of it. And yes. I survived 3 weeks without Duolingo...My inbox was a wreck.
Freddy Martin 5 years ago
I did esperanto for a while, but almost did it for a year without missing a single lesson so I decided to stop myself. Now, I'm taking japanese in hs and so I'm practicing on duolingo too
Load More Replies... i_ship_it 5 years ago
I'm terrified and I'm probably fleeing to a remote island in South Africa because the Duolingo bird has terrorized my phone and family for the past 2 weeks that it has been installed. Goodbye all.
Jane Doe 5 years ago
These are so true, but the creepiest one was when I got a sentence in German that translated to "I have six nephews and three nieces." Because I do. WTF Duolingo? That s**t's not even on my FB.
Annabelle Bordesnki 1 year ago
Run away and burn down everything you have duolingo on. It’s only a matter of time before he’s here.
Load More Replies... Paola Martz 5 years ago
My.mom, who's an elderly lady who doesn't know so.much about devices and apps has been using Duolingo for learning English. It has been like 6 months now. She was very excited about it at first, now I often hear her yelling at the phone, arguing with the app haha it's priceless xD
PandaLover 5 years ago
It's nice to see I'm not the only one being endlessly harrassed and guilt-tripped by Duolingo
HarlemHampton 5 years ago (edited)
Heh, I’m being harrassed and guilt-tripped by them too... 😖😖😖
Load More Replies... cookie_cat 1 year ago
I just started Duolingo in German, I didn't know this thing was a death sentence for my cats!! H E L P ! ! !
Caroline Ondris 3 years ago
I stopped playing Duolingo months ago on my old school account- I wonder how much longer I have left to live
Lemon Garnished Potato 4 years ago
Ok so I am learning german on duolingo and I feel like it's planning something because it felt the need to teach me "Duo is strong and great" in german.
Foxyloxylou 5 years ago
RUN. KEEP RUNNING. KEEP RUNNING AND RUNNING AND NEVER LOOK BACK. THAT BIRD KNOWS WHO YOU ARE, AND IT WILL FIND YOU AND KILL YOU. IN FRENCH.
Evgeniya Khon 5 years ago
I don't know if this entire post was an ad for duolingo, but I downloaded the app! Japanese language, here I go!
Clare Amidei 4 years ago
Duolingo is scary... my friend and I joke about it a lot and one when I texted him saying Duolingo is watching I got a notification on my computer saying Duolingo notifications didn’t seem to be helping and that they would stop sending them... Duolingo was blocked from sending me notifications...
itsuki_xin 5 years ago
i do English in there cause i'm Japanese but duo lingo was freaking killing me with notifications ks-ks (i know some English im just not fluent)
Peter Wood 5 years ago
The "Coming Soon" picture is Duolingo leaning into it and teasing what turned out to be an April Fool's Day announcement that the Owl will literally arrive where you are and shame you.
Barry Allen The Flash 5 years ago
Dear @Duolingo please release my family it has been six days I am scared.
thepotatogirl 5 years ago
We used Duolingo in my high school Spanish class, the stories they have on there are actually kinda funny, but these memes were so relatable
Milena 5 years ago
yeah, I've noticed a lot of sponsored and masked content lately... the UPS guy? 0-0
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