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
I'm scared for my life now, since I'm taking Japanese with duo.
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.
You Know What Happens Know
*Throws phone out the window to be destroyed by missile*
Practicing Your Spanish
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.
Coming Soon
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.
Duolingo Funnies
Important Questions
Where am I? What is the meaning of life? Why are you not doing your duolingo lessons every day?
Speak Spanish
It's Called Learning
NO! Do NOT TELL DUOLINGO OWL YOUR LOCATION! *whispers* you might die
Duolingo Bird In Real Life
Scary Owl
Relentless Bird
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.
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
Wow, you are really downloading languages into your brain. Well done.
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.
Safe, bird-free travels!
South Africa doesn't have islands- unless you count Robben Island (you don't want to live there).Try the coast of Mozambique- just learn to speak Portuguese first ;-)
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 shit's not even on my FB.
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.
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
Wow, you are really downloading languages into your brain. Well done.
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.
Safe, bird-free travels!
South Africa doesn't have islands- unless you count Robben Island (you don't want to live there).Try the coast of Mozambique- just learn to speak Portuguese first ;-)
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 shit's not even on my FB.