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Gifts for my best friend who broke both of his arms? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 129 points 3 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] cm0002 72 points 3 months ago (4 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

Supremely refreshing

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago

Mankind knew they could not change society, so instead of reflecting on themselves, they blamed the Beasts

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

You can, but it might take more than a year.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Ya'll got perma band, too? Damn bro

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Good thing I read this before I deleted my original comment.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Why would you do that? Ride or die: the fuck with what others think.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I generally agree with that sentiment but there are the occasional times where upon reflection my own view has changed.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Sometimes the warts on our own faces disgust us the most.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I let us all down :(

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You just jumped in front of the bullet. We were all thinking it. Or... at least I was. I was busy when I saw this question pop up or it would be my name up there under the spotlight of shame.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

All of us.

I wouldn't be shocked if this question was placed specifically as bait. It which case, the internet is unexpectedly restrained today, not immediately taking it.