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.
- communism ( @communism@lemmy.ml ) 95•1 month ago
Jerk your buddy off for him since he can’t do that right now
- cheesymoonshadow ( @cheesymoonshadow@lemmings.world ) 33•1 month ago
Nothing says you care like a no-homo handie.
- communism ( @communism@lemmy.ml ) 22•1 month ago
OP never said they were a man. Maybe it’s a no-hetero handie.
- sik0fewl ( @sik0fewl@lemmy.ca ) 19•1 month ago
Let’s maybe just leave that to his wife. Or his mother.
- lemonuri ( @lemonuri@lemmy.ml ) 5•1 month ago
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.
- Tolookah ( @Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de ) 74•1 month ago
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.
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.
- bradorsomething ( @bradorsomething@ttrpg.network ) 10•1 month ago
I’m constantly overwhelmed with no broken arms, and just 1 day a week for someone to come in and “reset the mess” is incredible. You should probably talk with his wife and have the “this person is giving you time to do things that prioritize your family” talk, because some people can feel cleaning service is admitting failure in keeping up their home. (Also her talking with the kid about not treating this as an excuse to be messy isn’t bad either)
- Empricorn ( @Empricorn@feddit.nl ) English8•1 month ago
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 ( @Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de ) 3•1 month ago
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?
- Dr. Bob ( @DrBob@lemmy.ca ) English3•1 month ago
help them relieve stress by unburdening them…
Uhhhh what are you suggesting here exactly?
- originalucifer ( @originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com ) 51•1 month ago
i would get him a cheap violin and a bag of individually wrapped candy
Calm down satan
- originalucifer ( @originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com ) 6•1 month ago
theres so many terrible possibilities though!
- philpo ( @philpo@feddit.org ) Deutsch36•1 month ago
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,
- apotheotic (she/her) ( @apotheotic@beehaw.org ) English25•1 month ago
Firstly, my sympathies for your friend’s horrible situation
Secondly, don’t let him near anyone’s mother.
- Emtity_13 ( @Emtity_13@lemmy.sdf.org ) 25•1 month ago
A Jump rope
- Emtity_13 ( @Emtity_13@lemmy.sdf.org ) 3•1 month ago
/s
- Wugmeister ( @ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English19•1 month ago
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!
Sadly I’m 3 timezones away.
- Empricorn ( @Empricorn@feddit.nl ) English16•1 month ago
Oh no.
- Jo Miran ( @JoMiran@lemmy.ml ) 14•1 month ago
Me who is 51, active boarder (skate, snow, surf, downhill) since the mid eighties, and has never broken a bone, reading this:
I miss r/neverbrokeabone
- tetris11 ( @tetris11@lemmy.ml ) 1•1 month ago
Didn’t you just win a medal for GB?
- Jo Miran ( @JoMiran@lemmy.ml ) 2•1 month ago
If you meant for going bald, then yes.
- Jo Miran ( @JoMiran@lemmy.ml ) 2•1 month ago
That made my month. Thank you for sharing!
- tetris11 ( @tetris11@lemmy.ml ) 2•1 month ago
keep winning those medals, man!
- dutchkimble ( @dutchkimble@lemy.lol ) 13•1 month ago
A beer helmet!
- jet ( @jet@hackertalks.com ) English9•1 month ago
An Alexa or Google voice activated assistant (and setting it up for them), so they can watch movies, play music, etc.
3 months of netflix, prime, audiobook membership, etc
Tobii eye-tracker for gaming/mouse movements, foot pedal buttons
Foot dexterity toys, balls, rocks - so they can get better using their feet and toes.
A ebook with voice activation
A big touch screen monitor hooked up to their cellphone / computer so they can do computer stuff with their feet. And screencast/chromecast to a big tv display. So navigate with feet, and big display for easy viewing.
A huge cost-co sized bottle of anti-diarrheal pills.
A stadium pal, or leg strapped urinal device.
Gag gifts
Sign up for you friend to get visited by the mormons or the 7th day adventists (I mean, he has to fill his days doing something, right?)
Cattle scratcher post
fleshlight mounted on a pole
- ego_death ( @ego_death@lemmy.ml ) English2•1 month ago
It took way to fucken long to reach this comment.
- some_guy ( @some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org ) 6•1 month ago
Anything that makes him want to masturbate. Oh, wait… you were trying to cheer him up.
Ngl I was considering a suction cup fleshlight as a gag gift but his wife would kill me
- bamboo ( @bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English1•1 month ago
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.
- DirigibleProtein ( @DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone ) 6•1 month ago
Rubik’s cube
- 10_0 ( @10_0@lemmy.ml ) 6•1 month ago
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!
- 10_0 ( @10_0@lemmy.ml ) 6•1 month ago
Folding doors, you can just kick them open because they have a hinge in the middle. Bin with foot-lever.