Yeah, Google's DNS going down is super rare but not impossible—it’s happened a couple of times before, usually tied to major outages. It’s unsettling since so much depends on it. Your Google Cloud VPS working suggests it might be isolated to DNS and not a full Google-wide meltdown. Switching to an alternative DNS like Cloudflare's (1.1.1.1) or OpenDNS (208.67.222.222) can be a quick fix while waiting it out. Don’t panic; it’s usually resolved fast!