The reason I'm laughing can be found in these threads which make a total mockery of Brent's "Marketplace Tenets" on issues of alterations and disclosure of alterations. His refusal to acknowledge the 600 pound gorilla on his shoulders is almost Mastronian.
https://www.blowoutforums.com/showthread.php?t=1290614
https://www.blowoutforums.com/showthread.php?t=1292005
Suffice it to say, this isn't going to end well for him.