Messy desktops are your worst nightmare or your shameful reality
There are two kinds of people in this world. Those who tidy their computer desktops, and those who don't.
If your desktop is littered with digital rubble, take heart, you're far from alone. These photos of people's messy desktops are proof.
As for the rest of you, you'd better avert your eyes now.
Twitter user @AidaSaidSo shared a screenshot of a conversation between her and her friend Carley, who sends her a photo of her desktop every day.
Carley's desktop is a hot mess:
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Inspired by Carley's, um, creative use of her desktop, others have been sharing screenshots of their desktops.
These are quite the achievement, to be honest:
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To be fair, this one looks like they at least ~tried~ to organise their files:
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Is a desktop actually messy if you can still see the wallpaper?
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Those who favour a more minimalist approach have been left less than impressed:
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If your skin isn't already crawling, here are a few more truly spectacular messes for your viewing pleasure:
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One word, people: folders.
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Clean up your act!
Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.
A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.
Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.
