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Swedish man gets disability benefits due to heavy metal addiction

  • 21-12-2012 5:28pm
    #1
    Temaz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,758 ✭✭✭


    Could I get anything for my Bob Dylan habit?!?
    A man in Sweden has been reportedly awarded state disability benefits for his addiction to heavy metal.

    According to the Global Post, 42-year-old Roger Tullgren said he consulted three psychologists to testify his addiction to the Devil's Rock, which led to him attending over 300 concerts last year, leaving him seemingly unable to hold down a job.

    "I have been trying for 10 years to get this classified as a handicap," he told Swedish newspaper The Local. "I spoke to three psychologists and they finally agreed that I needed this to avoid being discriminated against."

    http://www.nme.com/news/various-artists/67854


Comments

  • #2
    Yakult
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    Hope he is wearing ear protection!


  • #3
    Temaz
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    Yakult wrote: »
    Hope he is wearing ear protection!

    He gets ear plugs free no doubt!


  • #4
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    I'll have me some of what he's having.


  • #5
    electrobanana
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    Seems legit


  • #6
    WindSock
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    Heheheheh. Suppose it is a disability.


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  • #7
    girl in the striped socks
    Registered Users Posts: 653 ✭✭✭girl in the striped socks


    Article won't open for me.

    Where does he get the money from to go to all those concerts?


  • #8
    electrobanana
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,420 ✭✭✭electrobanana


    girl in the striped socks wrote: »
    Article won't open for me.

    Where does he get the money from to go to all those concerts?

    He sells ear protectors at rock concerts as far as i know.


  • #9
    Fizman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,605 ✭✭✭Fizman


    It would seem that Sweden and it's government are quite susceptible to total chancers.

    I expect that, once news of this spreads, many planes will be chartered from here.


  • #10
    big_joe_joyce
    Site Banned Posts: 107 ✭✭big_joe_joyce


    Fizman wrote: »
    It would seem that Sweden and it's government are quite susceptible to total chancers.

    I expect that, once news of this spreads, many planes will be chartered from here.

    silly liberals


  • #11
    Temaz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,758 ✭✭✭Temaz


    He's also working part time to fund the habit and the rest of his cash comes from benefits.

    also.
    Tullgren's new boss has agreed to let him rock out to Slayer as loud as he wants while scrubbing dishes, so long as it doesn't disturb guests. He has even agreed to grant Tullgren time off to go to gigs.

    "I signed a form saying: 'Roger feels compelled to show his heavy metal style. This puts him in a difficult situation on the labor market. Therefore he needs extra financial help'. So now I can turn up at a job interview dressed in my normal clothes and just hand the interviewers this piece of paper," Tullgren said.


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  • #12
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,450 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Fizman wrote: »
    It would seem that Sweden and it's government are quite susceptible to total chancers.

    I expect that, once news of this spreads, many planes will be chartered from here.
    http://satwcomic.com/swedish-army


  • #13
    im invisible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,372 ✭✭✭im invisible


    Aye, mercury can have serious negative effects on the body...


  • #14
    purplepanda
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    :Heavy metal, almost as bad as Country & Western :pac:


  • #15
    WindSock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,239 ✭✭✭✭WindSock


    Why not does he get a job with a pneumatic drill?
    Wtf is pneumatic?


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