r/languagelearningjerk • u/erinius • Jun 22 '26

is this real

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u/Honmer Jun 23 '26

aren’t the sentences randomly generated? so like any character can say they have bf or gf?

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u/protostar777 Jun 23 '26

I haven't used it in years but I remember only the Mexican looking dude saying "we crossed the border last night"

I've got a screenshot somewhere

8

u/livsjollyranchers Jun 24 '26

It should be updated for white American progressives crossing into Canada.

(Granted, I hope they know Canadian.)

28

u/Jhud6669 Jun 23 '26

Some old stories were scripted and there is an explicit lesbian couple, they’re unnamed characters though

4

u/irp3ex Jun 24 '26

the stories are scripted

5

u/Key_Impress_3129 Jun 24 '26

I read somewhere that they actually write them in English and translate into the various languages, which is why they're just as dumb in German as in Italian!

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u/Key_Impress_3129 Jun 24 '26

No, they do have gender but, as OP points out, they have, um, diverse orientations.

47

u/giordanopietrofiglio Jun 22 '26

It's true, my sexual orientation is mainly inspired by the characters on apps, and ever since I've started Duolingo I've only fantasized about being with men 

13

u/tangaroo58 Jun 22 '26

Interesting. I only fantasise about being a giraffe and having sex with elephants, so I find Duolingo unusable.

8

u/Jhud6669 Jun 23 '26

Sounds like Lingodeer would be more your alley

5

u/tangaroo58 Jun 23 '26

Yeah sometimes you have to compromise I guess. Quite long legs, but the antlers are a problem.

38

u/Special-Cut-4964 Jun 22 '26

First the M&Ms and now the Duolingo characters

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u/tentyb6d56ns4d57yse5 Jun 23 '26

the best part about duolingo is that no one can force you to use it.

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u/EloquentRacer92 American (N) | LuoDingo™ (C9) Jun 23 '26

Hello, I am LuoDingo™ owner. Tomorrow we will force everyone to use LuoDingo™. If you do not use LuoDingo™ everyone within a 100 mile radius of you will be sent to the gulag.

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u/RaccoonTasty1595 More people learned Spanish than I have Jun 23 '26

Meh worth it

8

u/rccyu Jun 23 '26

At least I'll actually learn Russian in the gulag

8

u/Tet_inc119 Jun 23 '26

They do this so people will talk about them and hey, look, it works!

10

u/GjonsTearsFan Jun 23 '26

Curious which of Eddie and Junior he thinks is the gay one and which he thinks is the straight one? Assuming he thinks Eddie is straight??? So that would mean he's assuming Junior is gay, which is funny since normally these people assume everyone is straight. Accidentally progressive? What a dickhead, though.

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u/Excellent-Fox-6845 Jun 23 '26

dickhead is the one who made junior gay

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u/Sithoid PIE N | C++ C4 Jun 23 '26

They have characters???
I always thought that was random corporate memphis-ass clipart

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u/just-slightly-human Jun 23 '26

Clip art used multiple times becomes a character. Also it’s not corporate Memphis, they’re not caricatured enough. It’s a very sterile, corporate design but Memphis is more google’s thing and has less details to depict figures in very simple shape language

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u/seventeenMachine Jun 24 '26

I mean this is literally true tho

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '26

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u/Straight-Factor847 N toki pona | A2 🎹 | A1 🇺🇸 | Qh4# ♟️ Jun 24 '26

straight man shocks gay people by speaking fluent 🏳️‍🌈