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D+ — Downloafing Plus

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If, for some reason you absolutely must sit through a critical app update or long media or game file update, this is the app for you!

When you start to downloaf, D+ estimates how long it will take and makes content choices from its infinite clip library or live feed access options to play for you a program, curated within parameters you set, of any digital content on the interweb.

You might see the end of a sports event or road race, any kind of timed event at all. You’ll get plugged in at just the right time to enjoy your mandatory guilt-free downloafing time.

OS updates come with free movies or ebook choices, but most downloafing is made bearable by the landing of a big fish, a tussle between apex predators, spectacular car crashes, or slow-motion cliff dives. Pet self-grooming figures prominently in shorter updates, as does surfing. Lifehacks and tips and shortcuts are popular, and some Zen couldn’t hurt. Your choice. It's your time to waste!

Audio version are available for phone holds, but program choices are not made on the basis of an estimated wait time. Long-form biblical readings about virtue and patience are popular. The entire Sopranos is available at a reduced charge for on-hold calls to Social Security.

(The marketing name D+ in no way should indicate a score or grade of any kind.)

minoradjustments, Apr 27 2025

The axe itself is near the bottom of the page. https://blog.plover...gic/gantos-axe.html
[pertinax, Apr 28 2025]

"Dovetail hunting season opens ..." Fashion_20Models_20...Bad_2c_20Disc_20One
[normzone, Apr 28 2025]

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       Could it replace the cursor-ring thing, that you get when nothing is happening, but you suspect that it may yet do, so you have to hang on and wait just a little bit longer?
bhumphrys, Apr 27 2025
  

       In some rare cases you will see the special proprietary D+ "Wait Please" animation before your program is delivered but it will be much more engaging than the beach ball or the 1-blade propeller.   

       The "You are waiting in vain" message is very popular for indecisive downloafers.
minoradjustments, Apr 27 2025
  

       // some Zen couldn’t hurt //   

       You seem unfamiliar with Ganto's axe.
pertinax, Apr 28 2025
  

       /Ganto/ Just pondering the inescapable qualifies as downloafing, and will be added to the D+Pro menu.
minoradjustments, Apr 28 2025
  
      
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