# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whaaaaaa-galaxy-s7-edge-commercial/752040/21 "2016-04-13T21:13:42Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I don’t know who Li’L Wayne is. And so you concluded the ad was racist? Did you think the guy putting the phone in the fish tank was just some commercial actor? ---
**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 13, 2016, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whaaaaaa-galaxy-s7-edge-commercial/752040/22 "2016-04-13T21:40:07Z")
> [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](#): > > And so you concluded the ad was racist? Did you think the guy putting the phone in the fish tank was just some commercial actor? A bunch of Black guys behaving in stereotypical ‘uncivilized’ ways, as someone said above? Yes. How would it look to you if it were a group of Chinese guys doing the same thing, but instead of saying ‘Whaaaaaat?’ they did the ‘ching-ching, chong-chong’ schtick that was a popular stereotype a few decades ago? Maybe the lead actor is a popular Chinese comedian and that’s his trademark; but if you didn’t know him, wouldn’t you look askance? And yes, I assumed everyone in the commercial was just an actor. Why should I know he’s a rapper? ---
**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 13, 2016, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whaaaaaa-galaxy-s7-edge-commercial/752040/23 "2016-04-13T22:37:34Z")
Yeah, why should we assume that he’s anything other than just some random commercial actor? That’s what most people in most commercials are, after all. ---
**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, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whaaaaaa-galaxy-s7-edge-commercial/752040/24 "2016-04-13T22:41:20Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > And yes, I assumed everyone in the commercial was just an actor. Why should I know he’s a rapper? Good point! It’s obviously pretty impossible to know who someone really famous and distinctive looking is when they show up on TV (and in the setting of a multi-million dollar mansion, which is suggestive that they might even be pretty rich). I mean, just in this thread you’ve been told multiple times who he is and you _still_ don’t know who he is! How can anyone really know these things? ---
**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 13, 2016, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whaaaaaa-galaxy-s7-edge-commercial/752040/25 "2016-04-13T22:50:48Z")
Rabbit hole approaching in 3…2…1… ---
**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 14, 2016, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whaaaaaa-galaxy-s7-edge-commercial/752040/26 "2016-04-14T00:16:07Z")
Yeah, **Johnny L.A.** really should have read all the replies to this thread before he posted the OP! ---
**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 14, 2016, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whaaaaaa-galaxy-s7-edge-commercial/752040/27 "2016-04-14T00:19:11Z")
Mark. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whaaaaaa-galaxy-s7-edge-commercial/752040/28 "2016-04-14T00:20:20Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > 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. Settings \> Date and Time (near the bottom) \> Use 24-hour format Whaaaaaaat? ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whaaaaaa-galaxy-s7-edge-commercial/752040/29 "2016-04-14T01:02:52Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > A bunch of Black guys behaving in stereotypical ‘uncivilized’ ways, as someone said above? Yes. How would it look to you if it were a group of Chinese guys doing the same thing, but instead of saying ‘Whaaaaaat?’ they did the ‘ching-ching, chong-chong’ schtick that was a popular stereotype a few decades ago? Maybe the lead actor is a popular Chinese comedian and that’s his trademark; but if you didn’t know him, wouldn’t you look askance? > > And yes, I assumed everyone in the commercial was just an actor. Why should I know he’s a rapper? Putting your phone in a fish tank is a popular racist stereotype against African Americans? If not, how are those even remotely related? ---
**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 14, 2016, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whaaaaaa-galaxy-s7-edge-commercial/752040/30 "2016-04-14T01:05:18Z")
Yeah I don’t understand how acting silly in a commercial is racist, famous rapper or not. White people act silly in commercials all the time. I think Latinos and Asians do as well. ---
**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 14, 2016, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whaaaaaa-galaxy-s7-edge-commercial/752040/31 "2016-04-14T01:47:39Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > Whaaaaaaat? Wazzuuuuuuuuuup?! ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whaaaaaa-galaxy-s7-edge-commercial/752040/32 "2016-04-14T01:50:01Z")
However, in Johnny’s defense and by extension that of everyone who did not know who that was \*\*\*before \*\*\*they saw the ad/read the thread, the way that rappers embrace their own caricaturesqe stereotype can be a bit offputting to the average well-meaning trying-to-do-better middle class white guy. Imagine if you did NOT know who the Duck Dynasty guys were, and they just showed up in an ad doing their act up to 11. Many people would think “damn, that’s a really broad caricature of a rural redneck stereotype, isn’t it?”. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whaaaaaa-galaxy-s7-edge-commercial/752040/33 "2016-04-14T01:52:23Z")
I do think racism is involved here. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whaaaaaa-galaxy-s7-edge-commercial/752040/34 "2016-04-14T01:54:59Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > However, in Johnny’s defense and by extension that of everyone who did not know who that was \*\*\*before \*\*\*they saw the ad/read the thread, the way that rappers embrace their own caricaturesqe stereotype can be a bit offputting to the average well-meaning trying-to-do-better middle class white guy. Whaaaaaaaaaat? Now _that_ sounds racist. To quote Oscar Gamble: people don’t think it be like it is, but it do. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whaaaaaa-galaxy-s7-edge-commercial/752040/35 "2016-04-14T02:01:04Z")
Here’s a little background: [Birdman - Pop Bottles ft. Lil Wayne - YouTube](http://youtu.be/_K6MoWuAXjQ) ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whaaaaaa-galaxy-s7-edge-commercial/752040/36 "2016-04-14T02:09:57Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > where Wheezy (a nickname of his) If Lil’ Wayne is Wheezy and Kanye is Yeezy then which rapper is Sneezy? ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whaaaaaa-galaxy-s7-edge-commercial/752040/37 "2016-04-14T02:21:18Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > If Lil’ Wayne is Wheezy and Kanye is Yeezy then which rapper is Sneezy? Nigga, pleezy. (sorry, but I had to) ---
**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 14, 2016, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whaaaaaa-galaxy-s7-edge-commercial/752040/38 "2016-04-14T03:49:13Z")
Ok, lets say the shot opens with Stephen Tyler in a beautiful mansion with a couple of buddies and he starts demonstrating how his phone is “water” proof by dumping a full bottle of Champagne on it. I could go on with the whole commercial, but would it have made more sense if Stephen Tyler, or Mick Jagger had the lead and used Champagne instead of water to demonstrate a feature of a phone? They are making fun of their (imagined or not) lifestyle. Would it still be racist? **Helena330** asked why anyone would ever need a waterproof phone. Galaxy phones have been waterproof since the S5. I have one of those and while back was attending an auto auction and at the end of the day ended up in a mild drizzle sitting in the hot tub with others who had been there as well. I was able to share photos in the hot tub while it was drizzling/sprinkling without a concern. The other people kept going “Whaaaaaa?” ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whaaaaaa-galaxy-s7-edge-commercial/752040/39 "2016-04-14T03:54:20Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > **Helena330** asked why anyone would ever need a waterproof phone. Galaxy phones have been waterproof since the S5. Side note, I’m pretty sure the s6 wasn’t waterproof for some reason. ---
**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 14, 2016, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whaaaaaa-galaxy-s7-edge-commercial/752040/40 "2016-04-14T04:01:42Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Side note, I’m pretty sure the s6 wasn’t waterproof for some reason. That is possible… I just know my S5 is… or was, until I realized he glass over the back camera lens was shattered (No idea how it happened.) Before that I had great fun dropping my phone into a glass of water while out with friends. If I was a little more well off maybe I could have used Champagne. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whaaaaaa-galaxy-s7-edge-commercial/752040.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whaaaaaa-galaxy-s7-edge-commercial/752040.md?page=3)