The Duolingo owl cannot hear your excuses he does not make allowances for personal crises, or human flaws.

He is easily hurt, and nothing is ever good enough for him. He does not indicate any relationship to flight at all. He is small and chipper and possibly flightless I do not think you ever see him spread his wings and soar across the screen in the app. On March 27th, 2019, Mashable posted an article about the memes.The Duolingo Owl is green, which is a color no owl in real life has ever been. That day, the post was shared on the /r/memes subreddit, where it received more than 16,000 points (97% upvoted) and 115 comments in two days. For example, that day, Twitter user posted a Floating Boy Chasing Running Boy with the caption 'When I forget to learn Spanish for two days.' The post received more than 1,200 retweets and 10,000 likes in two days (shown below, right). On March 26th, 2019, the Twitter account for Duolingo posted an image of Duo the owl entering a dark room with the text 'Coming Soon.' The post received more than 1,300 retweets and 15,000 likes in two days (shown below, center).įollowing the post, people responded with more jokes and memes about the evil Duo.

Run for your life.' The post received more than 117,000 notes in four months (shown below, left). On December 2nd, 2018, Tumblr account screenshotsofdespair posted a notification from the Duolingo that reads, 'Oops, that's not correct. The post featured the caption 'me: *neglects my duo lingo app*.' The post received more than 150,000 notes in about two years (shown below). On June 19th, 2012, the application Duolingo was released to the public.Ībout five years later, on October 24th, 2017, Tumblr user knightcore posted a photoshopped version of Duo with a gun.

Duo owl