My desktop is literally always messy, no matter what computer I'm on. I like having quick access to everything and anything, and it kind of shows it. I also extract some files to my desktop, so at that point it just becomes an intriguing experience to see what my desktop will eventually look like. On my old PC, the desktop was almost completely full of shortcuts and files, and right now my new one is about half way full. This is my current one if anyone is interested:

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