complex analysis

the course that an undergraduate mathematics and/or physics major must take at some point in their four year degree program. the purpose of this course is to cognitively b-tch slap the sh-t out of the young and aspiring mathematician until he collapses into a deep, comatose like depression. at this point, the young mathematician begins to question concepts like the number zero, and its relationship to the amount of love received by his/her parents, the amount of attention received from the opposite s-x, the amount of intelligence which resides within the capacities of their own mind, etc. some cl-ssical -n-logues of this course are as follows: “getting stiff armed by gerome bettis while receiving a left hook from tyson; having a homeless person give you his change, because he felt you needed it more; getting dunked on by a kid in a wheelchair; childbirth; learning that your mother gave birth to you while taking a dump; catching a line drive down center field with your face; running through a gauntlet of ninjas, all of whom can round-house kick sand into gl-ss.” and last but not least, “its like taking 100 tabs of ecstasy while journeying to the center of existence”
steve–“hey dave, how do you think you did on that complex -n-lysis test?”, dave–“dude, i got raped.”, steve– “indeed, was it everything you had hoped for?” , dave– “yeah man, and more.”