"Since you don’t care, you might as well click on the paid advertisement below so Google will send me $.50." I hope the author knows, this is a clear violation

"Since you don’t care, you might as well click on the paid advertisement below so Google will send me $.50." I hope the author knows, this is a clear violation of ToS for AdSense and will likely jeopardize his account status. Edit: Sent the author an e-mail, hopefully he fixes it before it becomes an issue.