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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.

can ,

Uhhhh

lemmydripzdotz456 ,

IYKYK

sloppy_diffuser ,

https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/facebook/000/031/649/2UZHGSc.jpg

kambusha ,

A caring mother…?

bobs_monkey ,

Very caring indeed

RandomStickman ,
@RandomStickman@kbin.run avatar

every fucking thread

MagicShel ,

We had an opportunity to be different, but it’s not Reddit, it’s us.

cm0002 ,

You can take the redditor out of Reddit, but you can’t take the Reddit out of the redditor

Alue42 ,

As soon as I read the title to this, I thought "here we go again", but I'm amazed there are actual helpful comments and only one reference to the arms broken/mom bit

Track_Shovel ,

Supremely refreshing

can ,

I let us all down :(

Track_Shovel ,

I don’t know why, but this moment of self realization is the best thing in this thread.

It’s like a gingerbread man in the gingerbread house comic moment

Tolookah , (edited )

Cleaning service, any house services really, freezer meals, or other little to no prep foods, offer to play with their kid from time to time, help them relieve stress by unburdening them (by taking on chores), instead of providing an escape (video games)

Edit: not dissing video games, but a young one and another on the way is a lot of stress already.

Empricorn ,

That’s a bit of a biased opinion on video games, huh? Maybe some, but certainly not every game and definitely not every gamer is about escapism. Some people destress and chill out with games because they have other responsibilities like kids, work, etc…

Tolookah ,

I’m in complete agreement, but with two broken arms, they aren’t going to be helping much with house chores (depending on how much mobility they actually have), and having those things done will actually allow for downtime.

Game thought: DDR?

TheRealKuni ,

Game thought: DDR?

I feel like there’s a good chance you’d lose your balance with both arms in casts. Maybe not though. It’s a good suggestion!

Kit OP ,

I hadn’t even considered cleaning services or meal kits. Those are a fantastic idea! I’ll reach out to his wife and get her input.

dohpaz42 , (edited )
@dohpaz42@lemmy.world avatar

Every hobby can be considered an escape. But that doesn’t make it bad. Even dads and husbands need “me time” for themselves. So don’t tax his gig so hard-core cruster.

Edit: spelling

krellor ,

LMAO, I know it's auto correct typos, but:

So don’t tax his gag so hard-core cruster.

Is excellent gibberish.

Tolookah ,

I get this, I’m a dad, and I know that me time is wonderful, but I also know that if the house is in rough shape because I can’t do anything even if I wanted, that me time becomes an escape instead of a wind down, and the stress returns the moment the screen is off. Help with the house makes it so the relief lasts longer.

DrBob ,

help them relieve stress by unburdening them…

Uhhhh what are you suggesting here exactly?

Potatisen ,

Sending his mom over

originalucifer ,
@originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com avatar

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

Kit OP ,

Calm down satan

originalucifer ,
@originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com avatar

theres so many terrible possibilities though!

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 ,
@tetris11@lemmy.ml avatar

Just no train blueprints for Mr Glass over here

saltesc ,

Haha. I think my bone density is fine, I just ask a lot more of them than normal…

Bones: “This could break us.”

Brain: “Yeah, “could” but won’t. I got you.”

collective being does a thing that will be amazing or moronic depending on outcome in the next few seconds

dohpaz42 ,
@dohpaz42@lemmy.world avatar

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 ,
@Krzd@lemmy.world avatar

Tape it to his cast.

pastermil ,

Thankfully you’re not his mom.

TriflingToad ,

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

ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling ,
@ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

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.

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 ,
@seathru@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

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.

Willy ,

Yale makes a nicer keypad deadboot

someguy3 ,

Oh suggest this is a good time to get some walks in. It’ll at least be some exercise, we’re all short on steps, some fresh air and sun. Just a couple 10 minute walks a day is easy. After meals is supposed to be a good time to help insulin response.

MisterNeon ,
@MisterNeon@lemmy.world avatar

So depending on how much hand dexterity he has left with the broken wrists I suggest a back scratcher and one of those reacher grabber arms.

bionicjoey ,

This comment had me in the first half, ngl

cheese_greater ,

reacher grabber thingy

The ladies diggem

MisterNeon ,
@MisterNeon@lemmy.world avatar

What this? https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/7a34a704-e4a4-4ee9-aab7-29b166ca94b3.jpeg

JoMiran ,
@JoMiran@lemmy.ml avatar

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

FlashMobOfOne ,
@FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world avatar

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 ,
@Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz avatar

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.

intensely_human ,

Juggling balls.

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

communism ,
@communism@lemmy.ml avatar

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

cheesymoonshadow ,
@cheesymoonshadow@lemmings.world avatar

Nothing says you care like a no-homo handie.

communism ,
@communism@lemmy.ml avatar

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.

Emtity_13 ,

A Jump rope

Emtity_13 ,

/s

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