abuse pattern

" ...OK, we got the computer for you, you can come now. Be prepared – today you have to work hard since yesterday you only completed 1 floor in 8(!) hrs. That’s it, that seals it. I tell her I’m not coming back, and they should probably employ that student. “Oh, this is so sad, we so liked you, and so hoped to work together!..."

(10x eta_ta)

I'm not a 100% fan of such postings, I was just curious to find an abuse pattern, similar to "abusive husband syndrome". "I love you so much, you little piece of shit!"

ignobel prize in math

MATHEMATICS PRIZE
Dorothy Martin of the USA (who predicted the world would end in 1954), Pat Robertson of the USA (who predicted the world would end in 1982), Elizabeth Clare Prophet of the USA (who predicted the world would end in 1990), Lee Jang Rim of KOREA (who predicted the world would end in 1992), Credonia Mwerinde of UGANDA (who predicted the world would end in 1999), and Harold Camping of the USA (who predicted the world would end on September 6, 1994 and later predicted that the world will end on October 21, 2011), for teaching the world to be careful when making mathematical assumptions and calculations.

(source)
(10x neuraum)