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Gifts for my best friend who broke both of his arms?

My bestie broke both of his arms and wrists two days ago. He’s in his 20s, a gamer, has a pregnant wife and a young kid. Any ideas for gifts I can get to cheer him up? He’ll have no use of his arms for 3 months.

Already got a bidet for him and hooked it up. Looking into accessible gaming controllers, but he said that the pain is so bad rn that even alternative controllers are probably a no go.

intensely_human ,

Juggling balls.

Then spend a lot of time hanging out with him while he recovers.

JoMiran ,
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Me who is 51, active boarder (skate, snow, surf, downhill) since the mid eighties, and has never broken a bone, reafing this:
https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/d831608d-b407-433a-8c53-643348c8cc37.png

I miss r/neverbrokeabone

RestlessNotions ,

As someone mentioned, an Alexa speaker. You mentioned a young kid and Amazon Kids has some great audio games you can play. I’ve had a blast either playing along with my kiddo or just watching him. Plus you can connect them for use as an intercom.

Occasional outings and a change of scenery might be appreciated as time goes on.

10_0 ,

Folding doors, you can just kick them open because they have a hinge in the middle. Bin with foot-lever.

10_0 ,

Chessboard, bro can play a tournament by calling his move and having his opponent move his piece. Queen to e7, checkmate, and his opponent has no choice but to move his piece!

Drunemeton ,
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A GoFund me page!

If that’s something you want to do and/or help manage for them, make sure to set it up in the one of their name(s) for tax purposes.

saltesc ,

I’ve broken a lot of bones.

Get him stuff that helps the family so he doesn’t feel useless and guilty. That’s number 1. It’s awful to feel like a burden to everyone, and that doesn’t go away no matter what is said to you.

Second, stretch bands to put around limbs and pull. It feels amazing. You don’t realise how little you move and how little muscle you use while subconsciously “nursing” a broken bone.

Something insanely complex that involves both arms to use or solve. It’s just funny as shit. But also, I swear I recover faster.

tetris11 ,
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Just no train blueprints for Mr Glass over here

Zorsith ,
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A life alert button as a joke

Maybe 1-2 USB foot pedals? There’s gotta be at least some games that only really require two buttons (assuming PC), all I can think of is OSU! off the top of my head

originalucifer ,
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i would get him a cheap violin and a bag of individually wrapped candy

Kit OP ,

Calm down satan

originalucifer ,
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theres so many terrible possibilities though!

some_guy ,

Anything that makes him want to masturbate. Oh, wait… you were trying to cheer him up.

Kit OP ,

Ngl I was considering a suction cup fleshlight as a gag gift but his wife would kill me

bamboo ,

wait they make those?? I bet the suction cups don’t hold up. do you have a link, I think I’ll need to test this for myself, for science.

dohpaz42 ,
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Gag gift. Since he broke both arms, and wrists, he hopefully can still hold something lightweight.

https://brighterpromotions.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/m/u/mus056_rwr-hand1_1.jpg

Kit OP ,

Love this idea and absolutely adding this to the list

Krzd ,
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Tape it to his cast.

someguy3 , (edited )

Can I ask how that happened?

I think what he and his family needs is help with chores. How well you can help with that depends on how far away you are.

Kit OP ,

He locked himself out of his house and crawled up on his roof to try to get in a window, but all of the windows were locked. He tried to get back down and the ladder toppled. He fell 12 ft and had curled into a ball to protect his head and torso, but his arms were shattered. He’s lucky he got away without a concussion or broken ribs.

seathru ,
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Then you should absolutely add one of those rock hide-a-key things to your list just for a laugh.

Kit OP ,

Lmao that’s perfect

TheRealKuni ,

Or, if you’re feeling a bit spendy, a keypad lock (find out if they use Schlage or Kwikset or some other key brand to match their existing keys). One of the best ways to prevent being locked out of the house.

FlashMobOfOne ,
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I’d say audio books, but you can get them the Libby app and a library card and they’ll have tens of thousands available for free.

sturlabragason ,

Audiobookbay + bugmenot

Fubarberry ,
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The catch with Libby is that usually all the good books have hold times. This isn’t an issue when you’ve been using Libby for awhile, you put a bunch of books on hold and you reach a point where you always have something available. But it can take weeks/months as a new user to get to that point where you are constantly having waitlisted books coming available.

ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling ,
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The Powerglove!

In all seriousness, if you want to be helpful the best thing you can do is spend some time with him in person. He can tell you what he needs, and you can show him you care. If I got seriously crippled like this I probably would start thinking that none of my friends will make time for me because I have become a burden. Prove that nasty self-talk wrong!

Kit OP ,

Sadly I’m 3 timezones away.

Empricorn ,

Oh no.

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