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Always thought it was just a coincidence of two families having the same name and engaged in very different businesses
Also the tire guy is named Bibendum 
TL;DR Two Fr*nch men start a tire company. To encourage more driving, they made a road guide which had instructions on how to care for the car, and restaurants to visit on the road.
Only bougie frogs could afford vehicles, so they started giving stars, Michelin Stars, to restaurants that were worth the drive. That eventually spun off into its own thing, which we now know today
https://thestrategystory.com/2021/03/05/michelin-star-restaurant-story
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The Michelin stars
were a method to sell tires lol
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You will drive to restaurants
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MRW I'm on the way back from cocktail power hour
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This is why Asian restaurants have inflated Michelin stars, because there's not enough driving and the Mayo judges don't know what actual Asian food tastes like so just go off the visuals and service and call it a day.
Not enough driving from place to place in too short of a time to properly rate it.
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Very cool, I always assumed it was a coincidence too.
That said fine dining is subculture of insane r-sluration where lunatics cokeheads lose their shit constantly over gasoline for your body that will be shit in mere hours. I will continue to rate restuarants I go to based on the most important metric: did i have to see "people" when eating there? 0 3 quint stars 1-2 2 quint stars 3 or more not fit for dining in.
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There's restaurants for introverts in like, Japan where your table has a fricking blackout curtain enclosure and the fricking waiters never see you directly. Maybe you'd like that, b-word?
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Japanese autism is always a glimpse of what's in store for socially r-slurred young Americans
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I get that in one of my local restaurants but that's because they like me and give me a private room without having to pay for it.
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Restaurants in japan were almost always 3 quint stars, they have favorable demographics.
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This is true, and it isn't true. There's plenty of overrated, pretentious shit in the category, but there are some highly rated places like Le Bernardin where if you are willing to dump your money into trying it, you will eat something that is so unlike what you're used to that it blows your mind.
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!boozers blame Augustus next time you get too drunk at Thanksgiving
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Their tires are pretty good. PS4S for summer, X-Ice Snow are planned for this winter, can't wait to see how they are vs my old Blizzaks.
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Costco Tire Supremacy
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But muh soopercar tires
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They don't make PS4S in my rear tire size anymore, and I didn't feel like spending $500ea on tires using 15-year-old tech, so I got some General G-Maxes for $250ea and I'm actually really impressed by their grip. Haven't had a chance to drive in heavy rain yet or see how the tread wear is, but I'm really impressed. Made by Continental too.
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The problem with cheap tires is they wear like shit. I had an identical truck to friend, same size all terrains, but I went with Toyo Open Country AT3s and he had Falken Wildpeaks, and they performed the same new but his absolutely turned to shit in 20k while mine were still good as new
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I go through tires every 10k miles because I drive like an butthole. They only need to last long enough for me to chew them up drifting freeway entrances.
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I get a little wiggle from the back in 1st but that's about it and I'm confident I'll get at least 30k miles out of these. I'm hearing more about General, seems like a solid budget option.
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well yeah you gotta drive to these restaurants
also Bibendum isn't a “tire guy” he is made from marshmallows
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He is made of non vulcanized tires, they were yt
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idk what that means so im gonna assume you're lying
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Rubber is naturally white, but has horrible UV and wear resistance. They then found that adding carbon to the mixture improves performance/wear/resilience, which also makes the rubber black.
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yea but he's made from marshmallow
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Not a bad approach to life tbh
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Snapshots:
https://thestrategystory.com/2021/03/05/michelin-star-restaurant-story:
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Constitutional carry + castle doctrine bedtime so comfy
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Bibendum is known to show up in real life and chase people down highways.
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It's weird cuz pirelli tires taste way better
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Now eat the tire
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