These screenshots of unread emails will fill you with horror

Yikes.
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Rachel Thompson
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There are two types of people in this world: those who live at inbox zero, and those whose inboxes are ruled by utter chaos.

People are sharing screenshots of their unread emails on Twitter and they'll either fill you with horror, or make you say "same."

Some people's inboxes are so chaotic, they're nearing the 100K unread email mark. Quite the achievement, tbqh.

Some people's weren't quite so bad. But, if you're an inbox zero kinda person, then these are still pretty horror-inducing.

Of course, not everyone lives in the realm of complete and unabashed email chaos.

If you're in need of soothing after those horrifying inbox scenes, here's a lovely, clean inbox without a single unread email in sight.

Wow.

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Rachel Thompson
Features Editor

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.

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