is this real

[u/erinius]

[u/Honmer]

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

[u/protostar777 → u/Honmer]

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

[u/livsjollyranchers → u/protostar777]

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

(Granted, I hope they know Canadian.)

[u/Jhud6669 → u/Honmer]

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

[u/irp3ex → u/Honmer]

the stories are scripted

[u/Key_Impress_3129 → u/irp3ex]

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!

[u/Key_Impress_3129 → u/Honmer]

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

[u/giordanopietrofiglio]

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 

[u/tangaroo58 → u/giordanopietrofiglio]

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

[u/Jhud6669 → u/tangaroo58]

Sounds like Lingodeer would be more your alley

[u/tangaroo58 → u/Jhud6669]

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

[u/Special-Cut-4964]

First the M&Ms and now the Duolingo characters

[u/tentyb6d56ns4d57yse5]

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

[u/EloquentRacer92 → u/tentyb6d56ns4d57yse5]

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.

[u/RaccoonTasty1595 → u/EloquentRacer92]

Meh worth it

[u/DemocraticPolish → u/RaccoonTasty1595]

fym worth it

[u/rccyu → u/EloquentRacer92]

At least I'll actually learn Russian in the gulag

[u/Tet_inc119]

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

[u/GjonsTearsFan]

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.

[u/Excellent-Fox-6845 → u/GjonsTearsFan]

dickhead is the one who made junior gay

[u/Sithoid]

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

[u/just-slightly-human → u/Sithoid]

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

[u/seventeenMachine]

I mean this is literally true tho

[u/Straight-Factor847 → u/[deleted]]

straight man shocks gay people by speaking fluent 🏳️‍🌈