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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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Intruder Alert

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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.

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You Know What Happens Know

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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.

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Breakdown In Norwegian

Breakdown In Norwegian

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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.

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You Missed Your Spanish Lesson

You Missed Your Spanish Lesson

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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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Meirl

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dragonic_meg
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2 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love this one- mostly because I had a similar experience a while back

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Forgetting Your Lesson

Forgetting Your Lesson

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Important Questions

Important Questions

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Where am I? What is the meaning of life? Why are you not doing your duolingo lessons every day?

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It's Called Learning

It's Called Learning

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#21

Duolingo Bird In Real Life

Duolingo Bird In Real Life

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Where Were You?!

Where Were You?!

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#25

Nobody Cares For Your English

Nobody Cares For Your English

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A Real Threatening Aura

A Real Threatening Aura

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You Missed Your Lesson

You Missed Your Lesson

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