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

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

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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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[–] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

There's a game you control by blinking. Before Your Eyes. It's a fairly short indie game, and maybe a bit heavy, but he should be able to play it just fine.

[–] wuphysics87@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago

The bidet was a very solid choice. As generally privacy oriented as I am, I have no alternative. What about an Alexa + Audible?

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Anything that makes him want to masturbate. Oh, wait… you were trying to cheer him up.

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[–] poopiddy@pawb.social 3 points 3 months ago

microphone and setup windows voice commands

[–] BorgDrone@lemmy.one 2 points 3 months ago

A hacky sack

Dance mat controller for his console/PC

[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Some sort of food eating helper? Also help them every now and then physically. Not like that. Help them pick up, clean, get groceries for them, etc.

Ooh! A Walmart+ membership for grocery delivery?

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

A life alert button as a joke

Maybe 1-2 USB foot pedals? There's gotta be at least some games that only really require two buttons (assuming PC), all I can think of is OSU! off the top of my head

[–] TriflingToad@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

osu requires aiming lol, "A Dance Of Fire And Ice" only requires 1 button but a lot of precision.
Anyways, one of these fighter game pads would be better:

But they still might be able to hold a controller depending on how bad it is

[–] Drunemeton@lemmy.world -2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

A GoFund me page!

If that’s something you want to do and/or help manage for them, make sure to set it up in the one of their name(s) for tax purposes.

[–] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 months ago

Both he and I are well off financially, so no need for a GoFundMe.

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