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"That's Not Our Child" — Dunlop Tires Gets Dragged Into a Baby Photo Thread

A parent said their baby's chubby legs looked like the Dunlop mascot. Dunlop's official account begged to differ. Then Michelin showed up.

· 2 min · Togetter

Japan has a tradition of corporate social media accounts with actual personality — the kind that shows up uninvited to a thread about a baby and says, diplomatically, that child is not ours.

This thread started when a parent posted that their newborn’s wonderfully round, padded legs had started to resemble the Dunlop tire mascot. Dunlop’s official account replied almost immediately. Within hours, people were flooding Dunlop’s mentions with photos of every round, tubular, or stacked thing they could find, demanding official classification.

Comments

@DunlopTyresJp — Official
I can’t say where exactly, but that child is not ours.
Here you go. [photo of the actual Dunlop mascot]
@DunlopTyresJp — Official
This one is ours.
Stop putting everything into visual impact.
What even is this lol. And it’s genuinely the official account??
No offense, but whoever designed this might need a check-up.
This is the grandfather ☺️
@DunlopTyresJp — Official
That one is the founding ancestor.
Isn’t the one on the right yours?
@DunlopTyresJp — Official
The one on the right is a cousin.
That looks like a child of the Michelidon’t brand.
@DunlopTyresJp — Official
Nope, nope — wordplay doesn’t change anything.
@DunlopTyresJp — Official
The replies are getting harder and harder — this one took me a dun long time to write, lop.

The Japanese original hides “Dunlop” split across the sentence: “だんだん” (gradually) and “ロップん” (a lot). The account had been doing this throughout the thread.

I’m obsessed with this account’s sense of humor. Of course they make good tires — clearly nothing slips past them.
I genuinely still don’t know what the Dunlop mascot actually is.
@MICHELIN_JP — Official
We’re the guardians. Sorry our child caused such a commotion 🙇
@DunlopTyresJp — Official
Oh, the parents! Thank you for coming to pick them up.
The guardian has descended 😆
I actually laughed out loud 😂
I sincerely apologize for causing this commotion due to my insufficient knowledge of tire mascots.

The original parent's baby started a two-day inter-brand diplomatic incident. The child in question remains unaffiliated with either company.

Comments loosely translated for tone.

Source https://togetter.com/li/2676419