In some cases the possum was taken in as part of a rehabilitation program and could not be rewilded so they are kept as animal ambassadors to show people how chill of an animal they are.
…and in other cases someone just snatched up a possum from the woods and named it Gretchen.
They aren’t domesticated but they’re so chill it almost doesn’t matter. I don’t recommend keeping one as a pet though; they require specific dietary needs and don’t live long.
There’s enjoying PC gaming and then there’s believing it to be superior to consoles. For the former, go join PCGaming or similar communities. For the latter, welcome to PCMR. I don’t mind the “PC Master Race” meme and think changing it is silly. Pick your battles; spend your valuable time and effort on things that matter.
RE: “What happens if the name of this community is changed? Lock this existing community and redirect users to the new one (this approach is similar to the Android community on Lemmy World).”
See: https://lemmy.world/post/1661949
I don’t think you will be able to cybersquat on c/PCMasterRace, @CatZoomies@lemmy.world. If the community votes to change the name, c/PCMasterRace will be taken over by another set of mods.