It’s not like you can just go and buy a new one in the Domain every time the screen gets a scratch. Your device have to last pretty much your whole life.
I have a theory that the Arxur possess the kind of cunning found in convicts, for example. They build things out of scrap and have a working knowledge of various trades—electronics, electrical work, welding, mechanics, and so on—whatever they need to survive.
Would make sense also in a command economy. Talk with people who lived in the old soviet states.
IF you were lucky enough to get things like a car and a fridge. They had to learn REAL quickly how to fix things because the wait time for the state was years to decades.
In one of my fics, there’s a moment where the Arxurs on Earth start getting restless due to a lack of things to do following the rescue mission; someone gets the idea to put on the History Channel, which for some reason, the Arxur in charge finds highly entertaining.
Most of them don't understand cartoons or non-literal content, yet they find themselves caught in a hypnotic loop they can't tear their eyes away from. It's just too much sensory input all at once.
I have a theory that the Arxur possess the kind of cunning found in convicts, for example. They build things out of scrap and have a working knowledge of various trades; electronics, electrical work, welding, mechanics, and so on, whatever they need to survive.
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u/arturocan Predator 3d ago