A NeurIPS joke says authors waiting for rebuttals are basically Waiting for Godot

MelMitchell1 · x · 2026-08-04

A NeurIPS joke compares rebuttal waits to Waiting for Godot

The post jokes that Vladimir and Estragon could be reimagined as NeurIPS authors waiting for reviewers to respond to their rebuttals.

It’s a compact academic-meme about the often slow, suspenseful review cycle in ML conferences.

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