It's 2017! Why are we still using this logical fallacy?

Does the “It's the current year!” “argument” for social change, popularized by John Oliver, mocked by The Onion, and deconstructed by Nicholas Pell, count as an example of Appeal to Novelty? Or is it some other fallacy? DanBishop (talk) 04:53, 16 February 2017 (UTC)