Ifoto ngu-SSPL / Getty Izithombe NgoLwesihlanu oMnyama, kuqhume i-mini-riot e-El Paso, eTexas, eWalmart, njengoko abathengi bathulula iingcango ezinje ngeenkampu zokunyathela iinkomo, bebetha abanye abazingeli bezitrato phantsi ngomsindo weTV ezinesaphulelo. Kwavela into eyanyanzela ukuba kungenelele amapolisa.
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Kodwa xa kuthelekiswa neminyaka edlulileyo, u-2015 uzibonakalisile ululamile. Ukusukela ngo-2006, ubugebenga oMnyama bangoLwesihlanu bukhokelele ekufeni kwabantu abasixhenxe.
Kodwa imbali isazisa ukuba i-mall fever yeholide ayizinzanga.
Isiqendu sokuqala esaziwayo sobundlobongela (ngaphandle kwesiganeko esizimeleyo) senzeke ngexesha lokuthenga ngeKrisimesi ngo-1983-84, elaliphawulwe yimfazwe enobundlobongela Ikhaphetshu Patch abantwana ezishelfini.
Umfundi oneminyaka engama-21 ubudala, u-Xavier Roberts, wakhulelwa oonodoli abatsha. Akukho zimbini zeCabbage Patch Kids zazifana, zinomahluko okhoyo kwimpahla, ulusu, iinwele-nokuba ziifleckle patterns. Kwinkqubo yokuthengisa enobuchule, iCabbage Patch Kids ngobuchwephesha ayithengwanga kodwa yamkelwa-igqityiwe nesatifikethi sokungqina. Ingxaki yayikukuba, ngelixa linqweneleka, amaxabiso oonodoli ekuqaleni ayengamajelo, ngoko ke bambalwa abantu ababebetha indlela eya emnyango kaRoberts. Ixabiso eliphakathi ledoli ngo-1981 laliyi- $ 130.
Kodwa ngo-1983, exhaswa yidlali enkulu yokudlala uColeco, oonodoli bajika baba sesona sipho sishushu seholideyi kwilizwe. Ngokusasazwa kukaColeco kunye namandla okuthengisa kunye namaxabiso asezantsi, kwiinyanga ezilithoba phambi kuka-Matshi 1984, izigidi ezithandathu zoonodoli zathengiswa ubuncinci beedola ezingama-20 ubuncinci.
Kungekudala, abantwana kwilizwe lonke babecinezela abazali babo ukuba bazise umntwana weCabbage Patch. Ngasekupheleni kukaNovemba 1983, iJefferson Ward igcina eMzantsi Florida nganye yayineedoli ezingama-48 zokuthengisa nge $ 21.88. Amakhulu abathengi afakwe ngaphandle kwevenkile iiyure ngaphambi kokuba kuvulwe i-10: 00 kusasa. Abantu babecinezela iglasi, babalisa unobhala kwivenkile yaseLauderdale Lakes. Umphathi uzame ukubuyisela iodolo ngokuhambisa amanani. Kwakufana nokuya kwikonsathi yomculo werock, ukhumbule. Babendibambile, bezama ukukrazula amatikiti esandleni sam… Baza kubulalana nje ngonodoli.
Ngaphezulu kwama-300 abathengi abavela kumanqanaba amathathu abemi emigceni iiyure ezingama-35 kwiqondo lobushushu ngeeyure ezingama-20 ngeyure zomoya ngaphandle kwevenkile yaseConcord, NH. Kwakungekho milo, mhlawumbi ngenxa yokuba babebekw 'esweni ngamapolisa. Ukuthintela kwakuyimfuneko-kwinyanga ephelileyo umfazi okhulelweyo wanyuselwa kwenye ivenkile yaseNew Hampshire.
E-Wilkes-Barre, ePenn., Abathengi abaliwaka bakhawulezisa ivenkile yakwa Zayre, bewisa itafile yokubonisa kwaye baqala ukutyhala nokutshova. Umphathi wakhankanya i-baseball bat ukukhusela. Omnye umfazi waphuka umlenze.
Ngo-1985, izinto ezintsha zazingasasebenzi. Ukuthengiswa koonodoli kuye kwehla kwaye akuzange kuphinde kufumaneke.
Ngelixa ezi ziganeko zinobulali ngokwemigangatho yanamhlanje, zazothusa ngelo xesha kwaye zisebenza njengesandulela.
IMall mayham ayinakulindeleka ukuba inyamezele. Ngethuba lokuqala kwenkulungwane yama-20, iikhathalogu zoku-odola iposi zazinomsindo njengoko abathengi babephepha izihlwele kunye nokuhamba ngenqwelomoya ixesha elide ngokuya kuthenga emakhayeni abo — nakwizindlu zangasese. Ezi khathalogu zivela kubathengisi abanjengoSears zaba zi iconic kodwa ubukhulu becala zithathelwe indawo kukuthenga kwi-Intanethi. Abarhwebi ngoku bayaqonda ukuba banokufikelela kwintengiso efanayo kunye nokunciphisa iindleko ngaphandle kwesidingo sokukhuthaza abathengi ukuba balwe nesihlwele sabantu abangabaziyo ngesaphulelo-bhanyabhanya.
I-knell yokufa inokuba sele ivakala njengoko abathengisi abaninzi nangakumbi bekhuthaza intengiso yangoLwesihlanu oMnyama kwiintsuku okanye kwiiveki ngaphambili. Idityaniswe nesibheno sokuthenga kwi-Intanethi, uLwesihlanu oMnyama kungekudala unokufana nezinye iifashoni zabathengi ezinjengerediyo ye-CB. Njengokuba iiselfowuni zabulala i-CB, i-Intanethi inokuthi kungekudala yenze uLwesihlanu omnyama ukuba ibe yinto yexesha elidlulileyo njengoko uMvulo weCyber uzuza amandla. Kubathengi abaninzi abadiniweyo, bediniwe kukulwa izihlwele ngokoqobo, akunakufika kwakamsinya ngokwaneleyo.
UPeter Hassall noRobert Bartholomew babhali-mbhali be- Imbali eMbala yokuDukiseka okuDumileyo (Prometheus).
