DDG puts a little "L" hat on it's logo if you search Luigi

They do the same thing for Mario, Zelda, Link, Kirby, Donkey Kong, Pikachu and more. Are those also sinister wokeism or are you maybe reading too much into this?

Re: DDG puts a little "L" hat on it's logo if you search Luigi

#5

Post by yegg » Tue, Sep 16, 2025, 4:56 PM UTC

There are hundreds of logo easter eggs. The community has been cataloging ones they can find: https://makdulac.com/daxduckdex.html

Re: DDG puts a little "L" hat on it's logo if you search Luigi

#6

Post by k310 » Tue, Sep 16, 2025, 5:02 PM UTC

I'm not seeing it. Adblocker issue?

Re: DDG puts a little "L" hat on it's logo if you search Luigi

#7

Post by firefax » Tue, Sep 16, 2025, 5:07 PM UTC

bediger4000 wrote: post #3

I think these "woke" feints at supporting Mangione are going to fail miserably.

I apologize that an easter egg that displays a cute image of a duck dressed as a video game character made you so upset, but please don't assume bad faith and inject vitrol into a discussion that should be whimsical.

I meant to make this as an Ask HN thread but was hitting a title limit... I was going to comment asking if anyone had found others, but got distracted by the thread on Robert Redford's death[1].

[1] RIP :-( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45261159

Re: DDG puts a little "L" hat on it's logo if you search Luigi

#8

Post by firefax » Tue, Sep 16, 2025, 5:11 PM UTC

k310 wrote: post #6

I'm not seeing it. Adblocker issue?

I tested, and it looks like if you revoke permissions for DDG in NoScript the image no longer displays when you search "Luigi" (or other characters like Pikachu.)

Re: DDG puts a little "L" hat on it's logo if you search Luigi

#9

Post by firefax » Tue, Sep 16, 2025, 8:30 PM UTC

yegg wrote: post #5

There are hundreds of logo easter eggs. The community has been cataloging ones they can find: https://makdulac.com/daxduckdex.html

Thanks for this pointer, I had no idea there are so many of them.