Moist Towelette Museum

7/20/2026 at 12:29:27 PM

Pierce Hawthorne, is that you?!?

(Given that he audited classes for years, this very much strikes me as a class project based on his interests...)

by Brendinooo

7/20/2026 at 1:29:46 PM

I had to look up that reference:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Community_characters#P...

by ThinkingGuy

7/20/2026 at 1:37:13 PM

There's an episode called "Digital Estate Planning" where his dad mocks him for his lack of business acumen: "In 1980, you said that video games, not moist towelettes, were the business of the future. Today, moist towelettes are stocked in every supermarket, while arcade after arcade closes."

by Brendinooo

7/20/2026 at 1:32:08 PM

This reminds me something my the teacher of my university public speaking class told us (in the context of doing research): No matter how trivial, esoteric or obscure the topic, there is someone on earth who has devoted their entire career to studying it.

by ThinkingGuy

7/20/2026 at 3:25:29 PM

Autism never sleeps.

by rkozik1989

7/21/2026 at 9:52:05 AM

"If you think autistic people can't be funny you've probably never seen one being hyperfixated on committing to the bit, no matter the cost."

[oof, I also feel this in my approach to projects.]

by kotaKat

7/20/2026 at 1:48:30 PM

Wow, almost unchanged from 2005[0]. Impressive. I miss the weird web.

EDIT: Here's an Atlas Obscura article about the museum itself[1].

[0] https://web.archive.org/web/20050613084710/https://moisttowe...

[1] https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/moist-towelette-museum

by PyWoody

7/20/2026 at 6:20:32 PM

> Watch out, these are big files (for 1990's technology). About 1.6 megs each.

by brightbeige

7/20/2026 at 12:45:50 PM

Reminds me of this lovely book of Spanish restaurant serviettes: https://antennebooks.com/en-eu/products/servilletas-spanish-...

And another of beer coasters from the bars around Barcelona: https://antennebooks.com/en-eu/products/posavasos

by jddj

7/20/2026 at 4:58:40 PM

Related (?) : https://airsicknessbags.com/

by cmehdy

7/20/2026 at 12:30:31 PM

I find myself holding onto and preserving general ephemera and just happened to scan a moist towelette package over the weekend. My collection mostly consists of business cards and dry cleaning type carbon copy receipts. I need to better catalogue these and share online. A few business cards: https://ivan.sh/biz-cards/

by ivan888

7/20/2026 at 2:59:44 PM

I heard Collectors Universe/ PSA will launch "Moist Towlette Grading" in the next quarter.

by runamuck

7/20/2026 at 12:36:51 PM

Misunderstood that as "moist towel museum" first and was worried for a moment.

by xg15

7/20/2026 at 12:26:03 PM

Re: the moist towelettes, I love that the person who runs this website hasn't seen any need to change the HTML design since probably 1997.

See also, matchbook and matchbox museum:

https://matchesmuseum.com/en/home/

by walrus01

7/20/2026 at 12:19:09 PM

No Wash & Dry samples?

by xbar

7/20/2026 at 1:24:48 PM

Look harder.

by pseingatl

7/20/2026 at 3:43:57 PM

Specifically: <https://moisttowelettemuseum.com/MVC-0044F.JPG>

by dredmorbius

7/20/2026 at 2:56:17 PM

Ah, now it makes sense why my AI prompt last week for "Create a Spock moist towlette image" was so realistic.

by mrbluecoat