Mothership.sg's articles enjoy good traffic on the average, but there are quite a few special articles that have gone extremely popular when our readers start sharing those articles with their friends. And then those friends start sharing with their other friends. And...

You know the drill.

So here are the top 12 Mothership.sg articles that you, our lovely reader, have made viral in 2014.

Let's start from number 12:

12. 7 things you could’ve done to make someone else’s day in S’pore, but didn’t

So what were some of the things Singaporeans could've done to make someone else's day, but didn't? Some were guilty of not helping flag down a bus when they see someone running for it; or not pointing a lost person in the right direction when they obviously could.

This must've struck a chord with many Singaporeans since it was pretty well-shared on Facebook.

11. Here is how the civil service decides whether PM Lee accepts the ALS challenge

Maybe public servants enjoyed this piece more than the average Singaporean, especially since the article was written in a format many public servants would find 'endearing'. Whatever the case, it was a let down that PM Lee did not take up the ice bucket challenge.

Maybe the President wouldn't have turned down a rice bucket challenge. Hmmm...

10. 4 things we still don’t know about the giant moths in S’pore

The moths disappeared almost as quickly as they appeared, but the sheer numbers in which they appeared in definitely made their presence a lot more memorable this year. How many of your friends got freaked out at their lift landings this year?

9. Woman couldn’t jump out of plane, said yes to marriage proposal on board SIA flight

The title is technically accurate. Semantics. It's all about the semantics.

8. 17 Singlish words that offer so much more than their English equivalents

This article was testament to Singaporeans' love for their Singlish. The article celebrated the versatility of Singlish words and how Singaporeans can instinctively understand the meaning of each word, yet can't really describe the meaning in English.

7. 11 words usually mangled by Singaporeans

The reason for the existence of the Speak Good English Movement may be our inability to converse in proper English. But so what? Even the Americans can't understand the British at times and vice versa. Everybody should just calm down and speak slower.

6. 16 songs that define the Chinese KTV experience in Singapore

This was a 'sleeper hit' because we didn't expect it to perform so well. Guess Singaporeans really love to sing KTV.

5. 16 pictures from 90s Singapore to make you curl up and cry

Ah nostalgia. The feeling of good times gone by can only be helplessly grasped at by reading such articles and reminisce a time where things were cheap and people were nicer.

4. Former Miss S’pore Universe’s husband’s anti-social Facebook rant results in massive online backlash

The scary thing about this episode was Casey's comfort in thinking that he could get away with posting such elitist things on his Facebook page. Did his friends condone such an attitude he had in real-life? Is that why he felt that it was OK to post the nasty things he said on his Facebook?

This reflects as badly on his close circle of peers as it did on him.

3. 13 cafes in & around Jalan Besar that scream ‘This is more hipster than Tiong Bahru!’

Supplanting Tiong Bahru as the new hip is Jalan Besar. We'd like to believe we single-handedly turn Jalan Besar into hipster heaven.

2. 12 classic lines your parents used to scream at you

Many readers loved this piece not only because their parents used to shout these classic lines at them, but also because they as parents themselves use these lines on their children today. That's how culture and language are passed on to the next generation. Sociology yo.

1. 12 cafes in S’pore that are so new, hipsters haven’t even heard of them yet

There's no doubt about it - 2014 is the year of the hipster. Going to a hipster cafe is now an official pastime alongside going to the movies or shopping. We are pretty sure that another 50 new cafes with haphazard decorations and overpriced eggs have sprung up since this article.

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