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Ok, the first article says "Millennials killed the paper napkin industry" then says they're using paper towels instead
WTF is the difference between a paper napkin and a paper towel? I thought they were the same thing? ๐
Lol apparently so did millenials ;)
It's a different grade of paper, usually flat and without the ridges that make paper towels absorbant (or at least the "look I'm absorbant" marketing signifier). Very very cheap napkins and paper towels are mostly indistinguishable.
Paper towels are (traditionally) rolled on a cardboard tube and meant to clean up larger messes.
Napkins are meant to adorn a table and clean one's face while eating.
A paper towel is a napkin but a napkin is not a paper towel.