Streisand Effect + others
Stupidity does not protect against punishment.
It is for children.
You're not tolerating it by taking him aside, explaining to him why it's not acceptable even as a joke, and warning him not to do it again.
I've noticed brave users are some of the biggest useful idiots on the internet.
I genuinely think there are 2 classes of brave users: people who are invested in the company trying to viral market it, and the morons who fall for it.
The american dream right here.
It's why american cars suck. Nobody buys dodge overseas.
You have to be stupid enough to buy something just to support your ruling class in order to buy american cars.
What's sad is a significant amount of people have simply been conditioned to accept that level of noise in their lives.
If things are quieter and they aren't getting products shoved in their faces 24/7, they become visibly uncomfortable.
As long as the money never touches the hands of those who need it, the ruling class is satisfied.
They're just testing to see what people are willing to accept.
Every time you see a useful idiot saying "it's not that bad" or "they're a business and they need to make money", you know who to blame for why things are the way they are.
Something tells me you've never said that about people cherrypicking information that's beneficial to Ukraine.