Well Said, But...
I would probably lean to the former option, simply because of the haste shown in the work. I know it's a clock flash and all, but to be taken seriously it should show that some effort went into the design. Then again, you may have proved the point at large by scribbling something in Paint and having it get to the top 50. So I'll be quiet now and watch it flirt with the top 50 boundary. Heck, at the end of the day, it's no worse than some of the stuff that's already there.
Make the next submission clean. Nothing wrong with the message. That's all I gots ta say.