# Strange Times

A CNET article discusses how Tom Nook is nicer in Animal Crossing: New Horizons during these strange times, while a Financial Times historical piece highlights a WWI prediction competition.

### About Strange Times
A topic reflecting widespread user concern and commentary on current societal and political events.  

### Insights
- strange times sentiment is up 27.91% from the previous week.
- strange times engagements is up 20% from the previous week.
- strange times posts created is up 35.04% from the previous week.

### Engagements: [-------] (24h)
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[Engagements 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/strange-times/time-series/interactions.tsv)  
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[--] Week: [---------] +20%  
[--] Month: [---------] +17%  
[--] Months: [----------] +87%  
[--] Year: [----------] +110%  
1-Year High: [---------] on 2025-10-06  
1-Year Low: [------] on 2025-07-06  

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### Mentions: [---] (24h)
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[Mentions 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/strange-times/time-series/posts_active.tsv)  
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[--] Week: [-----] +0.79%  
[--] Month: [-----] +23%  
[--] Months: [------] -6.80%  
[--] Year: [------] +438%  
1-Year High: [-----] on 2025-12-21  
1-Year Low: [---] on 2025-08-17  

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### Creators: [---] (24h)
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[Creators 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/strange-times/time-series/contributors_active.tsv)  
[---] unique social accounts have posts mentioning Strange Times in the last [--] hours which is down 4.20% from [---] in the previous [--] hours
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[--] Week: [-----] no change  
[--] Month: [-----] +24%  
[--] Months: [------] -4.20%  
[--] Year: [------] +410%  
1-Year High: [-----] on 2025-12-21  
1-Year Low: [---] on 2025-08-17  

The most influential creators that mention Strange Times in the last [--] hours

| Creator                                              | Rank | Followers  | Posts | Engagements |
| -------                                              | ---- | ---------  | ----- | ----------- |
| [@upediashorts](/creator/youtube/upediashorts)       | [--]    | [----------] | [--]     | [------]      |
| [@chris_biccum](/creator/twitter/chris_biccum)       | [--]    | [---]        | [--]     | [--]          |
| [@ZeroBarkThirty2](/creator/twitter/ZeroBarkThirty2) | [--]    | [-----]      | [--]     | [--]          |
| [@GFreekz](/creator/twitter/GFreekz)                 | [--]    | [--]         | [--]     | [--]          |
| [@Imaybeconcerned](/creator/twitter/Imaybeconcerned) | [--]    | [--]         | [--]     | [--]          |
| [@Skalywag_76](/creator/reddit/Skalywag_76)          | [--]    |            | [--]     | [--]          |
| [@FromTheMystery](/creator/twitter/FromTheMystery)   | [--]    | [-----]      | [--]     | [--]          |
| [@HasanKhxnx](/creator/twitter/HasanKhxnx)           | [--]    | [-----]      | [--]     | [--]          |
| [@FTPager](/creator/twitter/FTPager)                 | [--]    | [-----]      | [--]     | [--]          |
| [@PabloGa24354](/creator/twitter/PabloGa24354)       | [--]   | [---]        | [--]     | [--]           |

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### Sentiment: 62%
![Sentiment Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:strange-times/c:line/m:sentiment/iv:1d.svg)  
[Sentiment 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/strange-times/time-series/sentiment.tsv)  
Current Value: 62%  
Daily Average: 41%  
[--] Week: 55% +12%  
[--] Month: 57% +9%  
[--] Months: 57% +49%  
[--] Year: 57% +14%  
1-Year High: 97% on 2025-10-07  
1-Year Low: 2% on 2025-06-01  

Most Supportive Themes:
- General Unease and Worry: (40%) Users express widespread unease and worry about current events, reflecting a general sense of concern.
- Political Commentary: (30%) Discussions touch upon political figures and events, with some posts highlighting perceived strange political alignments or actions.
- Social Observations: (20%) Posts offer observations on societal norms, media coverage, and perceived inconsistencies in how events are reported or handled.
  
Most Critical Themes:
- Media Bias and Coverage: (50%) Concerns are raised about media deciding what deserves attention and framing questioners as the problem.
- Societal Inconsistencies: (30%) Posts highlight perceived hypocrisies or strange juxtapositions in societal issues, such as homelessness versus housing for undocumented individuals.
- Uncertainty and Rapid Change: (20%) The rapid pace of change and the resulting uncertainty are seen as a source of unease and a challenge to navigate.
  

### Top Strange Times News
Top news links shared on social in the last [--] hours  

*Showing a maximum of [--] news posts without a LunarCrush subscription.*  

"Youre not crazy: Tom Nook is nicer in Animal Crossing: New Horizons The creators of the Nintendo Switchs island simulation escape talk about Tom Nook the NookPhone and the games sense of community in strange times"  
[News Link](https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/youre-not-crazy-tom-nook-is-nicer-in-animal-crossing-new-horizons/) [@CNET](/creator/x/CNET) 2020-03-21T11:00Z 1.7M followers, 795.1K engagements



### Top Strange Times Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

*Showing a maximum of [--] top social posts without a LunarCrush subscription.*

"Very cool prediction competition of WWI. Precisely seven years after the competition closed to entries the FT announced: No map sent in is even approximately accurate as compared with the final lines. Strange times from @FT history Two months into what was quickly becoming known as the Great War the Financial Times asked its readers to predict the impact the conflict would have on the map of Europe. As a game. With cash prizes. https://t.co/DImofTPOEg Strange times from @FT history Two months into what was quickly becoming known as the Great War the Financial Times asked its readers to"  
[X Link](https://x.com/StefanFSchubert/status/2022952983168754100) [@StefanFSchubert](/creator/x/StefanFSchubert) 2026-02-15T08:35Z 44.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Strange times from @FT history Two months into what was quickly becoming known as the Great War the Financial Times asked its readers to predict the impact the conflict would have on the map of Europe. As a game. With cash prizes. https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/29df5472-a641-4cb1-bd1f-b4ce811f8352 https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/29df5472-a641-4cb1-bd1f-b4ce811f8352"  
[X Link](https://x.com/khalafroula/status/2022949964234535159) [@khalafroula](/creator/x/khalafroula) 2026-02-15T08:23Z 56K followers, 11.2K engagements


"What strange times we live in. He's the Irish illegal immigrant who claims he's a victim of Trump's ICE crackdown - but now his twin daughters back home say he abandoned them as toddlers and should return to face drug charges https://t.co/nBTjXIBov8 He's the Irish illegal immigrant who claims he's a victim of Trump's ICE crackdown - but now his twin daughters back home say he abandoned them as toddlers and should return to face drug charges https://t.co/nBTjXIBov8"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Cernovich/status/2022848495313653831) [@Cernovich](/creator/x/Cernovich) 2026-02-15T01:40Z 1.5M followers, 73.5K engagements


"@MaxNordau Never thought that the issur of eating blood and Eicha would be used to prove that Jews eat people. These are strange times"  
[X Link](https://x.com/joshjappel/status/2022845254173347883) [@joshjappel](/creator/x/joshjappel) 2026-02-15T01:27Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

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