[dist-epoch]

That ad was a joke, admitted by it's author.

That said, this defense would not save you for a bunch of reasons.

[ibejoeb]

If it's dumb but it works, it's not dumb.

[thfuran]

That's not a very good rebuttal to the claim that it doesn't work.

[Nevermark]

> [...] a bunch of reasons

No everyone would classify this as a valid or persuasive rebuttal.

[mathgradthrow]

I'm not ashamed to say that it would have been likely to convince any jury that I'm on.