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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.

10_0 ,

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

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.

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

I miss r/neverbrokeabone

NickwithaC ,
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Is it possible to break a bone surfing? I always assumed the water just catches you.

Hasherm0n ,

My dad cracked three ribs while surfing in his 20s. He caught a wave much larger than normal, fell off his board near the top and landed flat on his back.

JoMiran ,
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Absolutely. You can break your back or snap your neck. What causes a good surf break is a deep sea swell suddenly hitting a shallow. The best breaks tend to happen either over reefs or if the shore has a steep incline (see not Florida). If you are surfing over reefs or rocky bottom, the base of the wave might only be inches deep while the crest is feet tall with a lot of weight and power. One of the most dangerous wipeouts is when you are late and the lip of the wave flips you over, you fall on the rocks, and then a literal building heigh mountain of water lands on you smacking you into the rock, grinding into it, tumbling around into it and, for shits and giggles, not letting you come up for air.

PS: The break for this Olympics was absolutely fucking bonkers.

tetris11 ,
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Didn’t you just win a medal for GB?

JoMiran ,
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If you meant for going bald, then yes.

intensely_human ,

Juggling balls.

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

pastermil ,

Thankfully you’re not his mom.

TriflingToad ,

explaining the source, TLDR mom ‘performed deeds’ for son with broken arms.

bradorsomething ,

Oh yeah, with a coconut, right?

apotheotic ,

Firstly, my sympathies for your friend’s horrible situation

Secondly, don’t let him near anyone’s mother.

DirigibleProtein ,

Rubik’s cube

dutchkimble ,

A beer helmet!

Maggoty ,

God no, not while your body is healing that kind of stuff.

Emtity_13 ,

A Jump rope

Emtity_13 ,

/s

HappycamperNZ ,

If you’re a great friend you will add a set of maracas

Emtity_13 ,

/s

communism ,
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Jerk your buddy off for him since he can’t do that right now

cheesymoonshadow ,
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Nothing says you care like a no-homo handie.

communism ,
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OP never said they were a man. Maybe it’s a no-hetero handie.

sik0fewl ,

Let’s maybe just leave that to his wife. Or his mother.

lemonuri ,

Than one day he had an accident, they had to amputate his arms – and he was sad that day. Yes he was sad that day. He can’t surf, he can’t skate and he sure can’t masturbate no more.

philpo ,

You don’t give your friend a thing, you give his poor wife something. A bidet goes so long and pregnancy itself is hard.

Seriously: Offer her to do some chores like shopping, gift them some take-away gift cards,etc. The situation will put a serious strain on their relationship,

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