Not Always Right: 15th Anniversary Month! – 2012 Retrospective

Dear readers,

We’re diving back into our anniversary celebrations with a trip back to 2012! Many people believed that the world would end this year as suggested by the end of the Mayan Calendar, but it was not to be so! We’re still kicking!

Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her Diamond Jubilee in 2012, and the Mars Science Laboratory’s Curiosity Rover successfully landed on Mars. London, England played host to the Summer Olympics, where US swimmer Michael Phelps became the most decorated Olympian of all time with an astonishing twenty-two lifetime medals!

Marvel’s The Avengers smashed onto the scene in 2012, Gangnam Style went viral and became permanently lodged in our brains, and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 brought an end to a strangely delightful era of sparkly vampires and absurdly attractive werewolves.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch (Not Always Right), we launched the Working category and published nearly 5,000 stories lovingly submitted by our readers! Let’s take a look at some of the best!

Editors’ Picks – Our Top Fifteen Stories Of The Year

Revenge Is A Treat Best Served Sweet, Part 2 – Why would you raise your kid like that? Why?!

Little White Lies On Little White Christmases – Hits from the comments: “Wholesomeness level: Advanced.”

Well-To-Do, If A Bit Daffy – Duck nutrition aside, this is as wholesome as a baby duckling falling asleep on a rainbow.

Dovahkiin’s Day Off – I’ve never played Skyrim, but this story makes me feel like I should.

Boss Like A Boss – Hits from the comments: “I want to buy the manager a drink.”

Got The Fraud On The Phoney – Wow. Just folded like a soggy newspaper.

Never Say No To La Novia – At least this poor kid has one decent parent.

Good News For (A Heckuva Lot Of) Change – I ain’t a kid person, but this guy’s joy is downright infectious!

Calling It A** I See It – Hits from the comments: “Dude just walked into that one like an open barn door.”

Blowing Things Out (And Up) Of Proportion – Explosive levels of stupidity. Truly.

When Toxic Personalities Become Intoxicated – Some people get giggly when they’re drunk. And then there’s this lady.

Mother’s Little Yeller – Take them down from within.

Abandon All Mope Ye Who Enter Here – This sounds a little like a fantasy but it’s basically how I got together with my partner, too!

There’s Something In Those Poppy Seeds – Hits from the comments: “Why don’t seagulls live by the bay? Because then they’d be bay-gulls.”

Semper Bye Bye – Good Guy Greg, is that you?!

Readers’ Choice – Top Fifteen Voted Stories Of The Year

Customers Should Watch Their Language, Part 2 – My favorite kind of story: “Joke’s on you; I speak that, too!”

Whoever Said Easter Isn’t Egg-citing Is Hopping Mad – We don’t know what just happened, but we can’t stop laughing about it anyway.

This We’ll Defend – Hits from Rent: “An angel of the first degree…”

The Cake Is A Lie, Part 5 – I could read this story a hundred times and never get bored of it.

When Customers Actually Give A Jam – This sounds incredibly satisfying.

Mama Puts A Stammer In Your Swagger – You gotta wonder where he learned to act like that.

Working Hard: $100; Holiday Spirit: Priceless – Sometimes sticking up for someone is the best holiday gift you can give them.

Out Bat-ter Angels – Hits from the comments: “Best Marvel/DC crossover ever!”

Love Is Not Easily Provoked – Kids just get it.

Courage Under Hire – Hits from the comments: “There’s auto-pilot, and then there’s this. That’s kinda scary.”

Grandma Won’t Be Outmatched – THIS is how you respond, people.

She Has A Real Problem – Overreacting bigoted jerkface says what?

R-E-S-P-E-C-T – Hits from Chicago: “He had it comin’… He had it comin’ all along…”

Not All Knights Are In Shining Armor – I hope this guy steps in something wet and gross with clean socks on.

Best Not To Exchange With Haters – Hits from the comments: “Teamwork makes the dream work!”

Remember to check back on our 15th-anniversary content by visiting our special tag created just for this occasion!