>>51108421/wg/'s had a lot of fads that have come and (sometimes) gone like abuse, fluff, adventure series, Fubuki, stories about having children, Mioposting, sluts... I think Our Cures was just a significant story that induced slut fever, much like Omelas was a significant story that induced abuse fever.
I remember a brief discussion about documenting the history of /wg/. Something like that would be interesting to look back on.