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

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

@DunlopTyresJpOfficial

I can’t say where exactly, but that child is not ours.

どことは言えないけど、うちの子じゃない。

@DunlopTyresJp · View on X

Here you go. [photo of the actual Dunlop mascot]

こちらです（本物のダンロップキャラクターの画像）

@mac4801 · View on X

@DunlopTyresJpOfficial

This one is ours.

この子はうちの子です。

@DunlopTyresJp · View on X

Stop putting everything into visual impact.

インパクト全振りやめろ

What even is this lol. And it’s genuinely the official account??

何これw しかも本当に公式と言うw

No offense, but whoever designed this might need a check-up.

申し訳ないですが、これ考えた人アタマおかしいんじゃないですか？

This is the grandfather ☺️

お祖父様☺️

@AltoLexus660 · View on X

@DunlopTyresJpOfficial

That one is the founding ancestor.

こちらは開祖さまです。

@DunlopTyresJp · View on X

Isn’t the one on the right yours?

右の子はおたくの子ではないですか？

@Bleu_765p · View on X

@DunlopTyresJpOfficial

The one on the right is a cousin.

右の子は親戚の子です。

@DunlopTyresJp · View on X

That looks like a child of the Michelidon’t brand.

ミシュラぬメーカーの子ですねぇ。

@DunlopTyresJpOfficial

Nope, nope — wordplay doesn’t change anything.

だめだめ、もじってもだめです。。

@DunlopTyresJp · View on X

@DunlopTyresJpOfficial

The replies are getting harder and harder — this one took me a dun long time to write, lop.

ダンだん返信の難易度があがって、この返信書くのにロップんかかりました。

@DunlopTyresJp · View on X

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.

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