Reviewer says paper 'lacked motivation' — author jokes about explaining his mortgage
prof_kamilov · x · 2026-10-23
A professor jokes about a reviewer comment saying his paper 'lacked motivation': 'I considered explaining my mortgage, but suspected that wasn't what they meant.' A pun on the double meaning of 'motivation' in academic reviewing vs. personal finance.
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