Duolingo ‘kills’ his owl -mask pot duo. The Internet had jokes and memes.

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Duolingo, the Language-Learning app, killed his owl-mascot named Duo on Tuesday in what is certainly a kind of advertising stunt.

In fact, here was to write about it. So good played, Duolingo.

Duolingo published the news on social media.

“It is with heavy hearts that we inform you that Duo, formally known as Duolingo Owl, is dead,” the company’s speech reads as we joked that the authorities were investigating the case.

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“(To be honest) he probably died, waiting for you to do your lesson, but what do we know,” the post continues. “We are aware that he had a lot of enemies, but we ask you to ask you from sharing why you hate him in the comments. If you feel inclined to share, you must also include your credit card number, then We can automatically sign up for Duolingo Max in his memory.

The Internet made predictable jokes and memes about Duolingo killing his mascot. The company itself Retweetet Post From gossip pages about it.

Duolingo has long leaned into the internet culture, placed its owl-mascot and fire Accounts like unhinged – Or as unhinged as corporate comms stay. Killing his mascot is just another example of that branding.

In fact, it’s not even an original stunt. Plants killed Mr. Peanut in front of the Super Bowl five years ago. Of course, this was just a method of launching a mascot fire.

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So definitely the duo is the owl dead. But I suppose it will soon come back in some form.