Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26006155-20190617222636/@comment-26006155-20190725135304

Undyne flat out says the reason monsters have "modern" technology, is because the monsters study human trash.

It's reason Alphys considers The Garbage Dump such a thrilling place. Even if sub-par, it's still a window into the technology of another world.

If the monsters got ALL of their technology from Gaster, why would they have any need for the garbage? This can't be the case.

Even if garbage became a thing in the 1700's, it still gives the monsters 300 years to catch up to the humans by studying their artifacts.

Arguing that the Garbage Dump doesn't exist is futile, because Undertale flat out gives us the knowledge that the monsters are using it to gain surface human technology. That's a locked down piece of lore.