@thor plus, belittering the enemies one is fighting against makes oneself look bad too. "Look how weak the UdSSR is! They are so weak! We fought head to head for decades, nearly equal in strength!" Doesn't really paint a good picture.
"A teenager hacked the distributed social media"
Doesn't make the distributed social media appear very strong when "it's just a teenager" suffices to break it.
Despite, no matter who it is it shows a relevant design/security flaw worth countering.