mudwerks:

oldauntamy:

This is the best thing I have learned all day.

livejamie:

This is a Congolese “Sapeur” - They’re gangs of men that spend tens of thousands of dollars on expensive European designer suits while frequently otherwise living in abject poverty.

They have gang battles where instead of fighting each other, they have “Defi de Sape” - They go to another gang’s turf where their presence demands that the host gang run home and change into their finest suits to prove that they’re classier.

Their gangs have names like “L’Association des Anglais” (The Association of Englishmen) and “Deux Grands Dandies de la Capitale” (Two Rich Dandies.)

They are awesome.

right — except, you KNOW there’s a genocide in congo right now?

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   We should all sell our guns and engage in a BATTLE OF STYLE. Seriously. It would be the most fabulous WWIII EVER.

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   I used to joke about running a dominantly hispanic gang where we hung out in ghetto’s and anytime someone from the...

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    Aside from the ‘abject poverty’, I am totally down for starting a gang in this manner. WHO’S WITH ME

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    This may seem silly, but imagine if all battles were fought this way. And I want those specs too. We may have to “fight”...

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    oh my god this is just too fabulous 8D

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    Best. Gang. Ever.

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    I want the walking stick! AND I need it.

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    “awesome”? i think this is literally the stupidest thing i have ever heard of. if they have “tens of thousands of...

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