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submitted 3 months ago by Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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[-] MagicShel@programming.dev 131 points 3 months ago

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

[-] cm0002@lemmy.world 73 points 3 months ago

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

[-] Alue42@fedia.io 38 points 3 months ago

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@slrpnk.net 8 points 3 months ago

Supremely refreshing

[-] match@pawb.social 15 points 3 months ago

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

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

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

[-] ego_death@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

Ya'll got perma band, too? Damn bro

[-] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 16 points 3 months ago

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

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago

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

[-] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 7 points 3 months ago

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

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago

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

[-] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 5 points 3 months ago

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

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 months ago
[-] MagicShel@programming.dev 6 points 3 months ago

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.

[-] CanadaPlus 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.

this post was submitted on 09 Aug 2024
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