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I have no idea how they could omit Hangouts.

Allo, on the other hand, which was supposed to replace Hangouts, did not live as long as Hangouts and should probably remain forgotten.

You Keep Me Hanging On is way better than it has any right to be.

I think that's basically it. Gods are not omnipotent and can be killed. Powerful mortals can likewise attain godhood. A D&D atheist can accept they're real but also believe that they're just really powerful people and not true divinities.

Heck, on that line of thought, it'd be cool to have a faction of militant atheists in a campaign whose goal is the eradication of all gods as a way to help bring order to the world. Additional twist: in this faction's effort to produce champions powerful enough to go at it with a god, they inadvertently create additional god candidates.

Edit: Actually I think I just summarized the plot of Neon Genesis Evangelion

Mostly I just really hate people who upload videos to YouTube like:

Artist Name - Song You Want To Listen To - Original...

And then you open the video, hear some Alvin and the Chipmunks bullshit, and get to read the rest of the truncated title:

Artist Name - Song You Want To Listen To - Original Nightcore Version

Hey, some of us are 35-year-old edgelords

I don't know the full ins and outs myself, but most of these VTubers are managed by agencies who own the rights to the characters they portray. The people behind the character get paid for their work, and they can choose to take better jobs elsewhere, but they don't get to bring the characters with them. Basically like how Tom Kenny (voice actor for SpongeBob) can't just decide to be SpongeBob somewhere else, he doesn't own the character.

When a VTuber decides to retire or if they take a better job with a different agency, the character "graduates," which I think is just used because it's a softer word than "retire." The fans just get to imagine the character is off doing bigger and better things, not that they're euthanized or locked in a storage unit somewhere gathering dust. In theory I guess the agency could continue using the character for merch and promo material, or even recast, though I have no idea how well that would go in an industry with fans as obsessive as theirs.

I'm not a marine biologist, so I can't speculate on what the best alternative is for these whales, but I would like to imagine there are more options than the binary of "kill them" or "throw them to the ~~wolves~~ sharks".

Marineland is just parroting the euthanize option because they're upset they couldn't make a quick buck by selling them to China. It's a hissy fit tactic to try to un-block the sale.

If the whales are not able to be released in to the wild, I'm sure there are plenty of other facilities out there that would be able to care for them. Marineland might need to pay them to take the animals in, but it should be their obligation to do so if they're unable to support the quality of life they need themselves.

C'mon Ottawa, force them to rehabilitate and release them, even if it kills the park.

A lot of animals cannot be rehabilitated and released. If they were born and raised in captivity, they have effectively no chance of survival on their own. I don't know what the situation is for these animals, but I've been to plenty of zoos and aquariums in the past that have rehabilitation programs and even they have a few "lifers" who will never leave.

Shit. I was about to quip "Your intern is only 8?" before I remembered what year it was.

Do serial killers normally break out the tape measure before cutting into a victim?

Mostly healthy for Daniel Radcliffe at least. He did develop an alcohol dependency during the later Harry Potter movies that he worked to overcome.

For a lot of celebrities I can only really guess at how well adjusted they are. Sometimes they seem normal until they have some sort of psychotic break and all of the skeletons in their closet come out, and sometimes they just put on a brave face while masking years of abuse and trauma.

At least as far as impressions, there are a few other names I can think of. Zendaya is a former Disney channel kid who seems to be doing well for herself. The Sprouse twins (Suite Life of Zack and Cody) also seem like they developed into normal adults and now just don't spend much time in the spotlight. Kenan Thompson also has a good career as the longest serving cast member on Saturday Night Live, and he started as a child actor for Nickelodeon.

But I have no idea how much of that comes down to luck or just having better support from family (or again maybe just burying some skeletons/trauma). A lot of other child actors who worked alongside the names listed above ended up messed up in one way or another.

Exactly.

When it comes to phones at least, I also try to keep mine for as long as possible because there's honestly no point in upgrading just for the heck of it. Companies don't release meaningful "must have" features anymore like they did back when people felt it was normal to upgrade every couple of years. No need to contribute to e-waste when it can be avoided.

I've been using my current phone for 4 years now, and the phone I had before that I used for 6. I upgraded only because I received the newer one for free from work, but I gave my previous phone away to a friend who needed one because I wasn't going to throw away a perfectly good phone that I was happily using just fine a few months prior. Sure, the battery life was no longer quite as good, but I didn't really care (nor did my friend) because we at least remember the days where you were lucky if your phone made it more than 8 hours on a single charge. You just learn to deal with it and bring a spare charger if you're planning to be out for a while.