# Whaaaaaa? Galaxy S7 Edge commercial **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 12, 2016, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whaaaaaa-galaxy-s7-edge-commercial/752040 "2016-04-12T21:09:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whaaaaaa-galaxy-s7-edge-commercial/752040/1 "2016-04-12T21:09:24Z")
I’m a White guy, so maybe I don’t have a right to an opinion; but the new [Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge commercial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5aF23XpBwU) seems a mite racist. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whaaaaaa-galaxy-s7-edge-commercial/752040/2 "2016-04-12T22:02:03Z")
How so? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whaaaaaa-galaxy-s7-edge-commercial/752040/3 "2016-04-12T22:06:33Z")
It depicts African-American adults as children fascinated with making messes because (shock!) they bought water-resistant phones. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whaaaaaa-galaxy-s7-edge-commercial/752040/4 "2016-04-12T22:08:09Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > It depicts African-American adults as children fascinated with making messes because (shock!) they bought water-resistant phones. No, it shows Lil’ Wayne being Lil’ Wayne. And how does putting a phone in a fish tank make a mess? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whaaaaaa-galaxy-s7-edge-commercial/752040/5 "2016-04-12T22:14:53Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > No, it shows Lil’ Wayne being Lil’ Wayne. And how does putting a phone in a fish tank make a mess? I don’t know who Li’L Wayne is. The mess is them pouring champagne all over the place. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whaaaaaa-galaxy-s7-edge-commercial/752040/6 "2016-04-12T22:22:23Z")
I see it as depicting all African Americans as super rich people who can afford to waste champagne and who have fish tanks and extra waterproof phones to give to their friends. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whaaaaaa-galaxy-s7-edge-commercial/752040/7 "2016-04-12T23:14:47Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I don’t know who Li’L Wayne is. The mess is them pouring champagne all over the place. He is a very successful and wealthy rapper. It could have just as easily been done with someone like Justin Bieber. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whaaaaaa-galaxy-s7-edge-commercial/752040/8 "2016-04-12T23:16:35Z")
It’s not “African american adults” it’s a specific super star acting goofy. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whaaaaaa-galaxy-s7-edge-commercial/752040/9 "2016-04-12T23:30:35Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > He is a very successful and wealthy rapper. It could have just as easily been done with someone like Justin Bieber. Who? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whaaaaaa-galaxy-s7-edge-commercial/752040/10 "2016-04-12T23:33:44Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > No, it shows Lil’ Wayne being Lil’ Wayne. And how does putting a phone in a fish tank make a mess? This is it exactly. You may also recognize him from the [Apartments.com](http://Apartments.com) Super Bowl ad where Wheezy (a nickname of his) “moved on up” Trivia: Lil Wayne is a huge fan of the Green Bay Packers…so he’s not all bad ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whaaaaaa-galaxy-s7-edge-commercial/752040/11 "2016-04-12T23:37:22Z")
I guess it’s just me, then. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whaaaaaa-galaxy-s7-edge-commercial/752040/12 "2016-04-12T23:42:58Z")
Maybe this is a specific famous star who’s known for puerile stunts like this, but if you don’t already know that, it sure looks insulting. ---
**Author:** ![flaming\_yawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cab0a1/32.png) [@flaming\_yawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flaming_yawn)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whaaaaaa-galaxy-s7-edge-commercial/752040/13 "2016-04-12T23:43:49Z")
i find the Whaaaaaaaaaaat just as annoying as hearing “my bad”. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whaaaaaa-galaxy-s7-edge-commercial/752040/14 "2016-04-12T23:50:25Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Maybe this is a specific famous star who’s known for puerile stunts like this, but if you don’t already know that, it sure looks insulting. Yes. I don’t know who he is. ---
**Author:** ![duality72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duality72/32/3910_2.png) [@duality72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duality72)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whaaaaaa-galaxy-s7-edge-commercial/752040/15 "2016-04-12T23:56:55Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I guess it’s just me, then. I’ll at least say it’s not just you. The fish tank part is fine, but the rest of it brings to mind stereotypical “uncivilized” behavior for me. That it’s Lil Wayne, rich rapper, doing it changes the optics a little bit, but it still makes me cringe a little. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whaaaaaa-galaxy-s7-edge-commercial/752040/16 "2016-04-13T00:02:15Z")
All of his Samsung commercials are great. And his delivery in [this one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfCubGgMkms) - “how are people supposed to know how rich and carefree I am?” - completely cracks me up. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whaaaaaa-galaxy-s7-edge-commercial/752040/17 "2016-04-13T00:53:03Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I don’t know who Li’L Wayne is. Racist! ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whaaaaaa-galaxy-s7-edge-commercial/752040/18 "2016-04-13T01:12:41Z")
I apologise for hijacking this thread, but does anyone know how switch over to the 24hr clock on the Galaxy 7? Thanks. And no I didn’t buy the phone because of that commercial. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whaaaaaa-galaxy-s7-edge-commercial/752040/19 "2016-04-13T08:32:00Z")
Clearly, I’m not the target demographic because I didn’t know who it was and thought it was insulting. I also don’t know when I’d ever need a waterproof phone. At least I’ve heard of Lil’ Wayne, though. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whaaaaaa-galaxy-s7-edge-commercial/752040/20 "2016-04-13T17:04:41Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Yes. I don’t know who he is. Sure you do; you were told in post #7. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whaaaaaa-galaxy-s7-edge-commercial/752040.md?page=2)