When all the QSMP members were talking to YD & Kong about Korea on Friday, there was a new person in Phil's chat who said "Thank you for being interested in Korea."
And... man. That really got to me.
Many of us are used to seeing our cultures get ignored, appropriated, mocked, or commercialized and bastardized past the point of recognition, so seeing big creators and their fans genuinely being interested in who we are and things we grew up with makes me so emotional.
I loved seeing people celebrating Dia de los Muertos on the server because that's part of my culture, and seeing all the other cultural events and festivities QSMP has hosted makes me so happy because I get to see OTHER fans be excited about sharing their culture too. I never knew about Festa Junina or many of the other events before this server, and I likely never would have without it
QSMP provides fans and creators with the opportunity to learn more about different cultures and interact with people from around the world. I've learned so much this past year, and I'm grateful for the wonderful experiences this server and community has given me.
If your activism for diabetics stops as soon as you have to include type 2 diabetics, then not only is your "activism" ableist and almost certainly fatphobic, your efforts are also useless. You will never improve how society treats diabetic people if you only care about the diabetic people who are viewed more favorably in this fatphobic, ableist, and dieting-obsessed world.