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Pixelated text on a pink background with yellow speckles, displaying 'BEiNg wierd Is CoOl DoN't cHange' in three vertical

Pixelated text on a pink background with yellow speckles, displaying 'BEiNg wierd Is CoOl DoN't cHange' in three vertical. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive…

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Color

Source terms

Animation

  • static image
  • no visible motion changes

Composition

  • three vertical
  • centered text
  • uniform spacing

Dense Caption

The image shows pixelated black text reading 'BEiNg', 'wierd', 'Is CoOl', 'DoN't', and 'cHange' arranged vertically across three identical columns on a bright pink background with scattered yellow speckles. The text uses inconsistent capitalization: 'B' uppercase, 'E' lowercase; 'i' lowercase, 'n' lowercase, 'g' lowercase; 'w' lowercase, 'i' lowercase, 'e' lowercase, 'r' lowercase, 'd' lowercase; 'I' uppercase, 's' lowercase, 'C' uppercase, 'o' lowercase, 'O' uppercase, 'l' lowercase, 'l' lowercase; 'D' uppercase, 'o' lowercase, 'N' uppercase, 't' lowercase; 'c' lowercase, 'H' uppercase, 'a' lowercase, 'n' lowercase, 'g' lowercase, 'e' lowercase. The background is solid pink with small yellow pixel clusters scattered throughout.

Description

  • Pixelated text on a pink background with yellow speckles, displaying 'BEiNg wierd Is CoOl DoN't cHange' in three vertical

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 2007111315084064479557

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • pink background yellow speckles text
  • three inconsistent capitalization
  • BEiNg wierd Is CoOl DoN't cHange
  • pixelated text buddy icon

Preprocessing Notes

  • quarantined description: Pixelated text on a pink background with yellow speckles, displaying 'BEiNg wierd Is CoOl DoN't cHange' in three vertical columns.
  • quarantined wordwall: three columns
  • quarantined composition: three vertical columns
  • quarantined retrieval: three columns inconsistent capitalization

Visible Text

  • BEiNg
  • wierd
  • Is CoOl
  • DoN't
  • cHange

Wordwall

  • pink background
  • yellow speckles
  • pixelated text
  • three
  • inconsistent capitalization

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
2007111315084064479557
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:57 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.3 KB
Motion
Animated (5 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/03/03ce79d2af42aba75e6d16057c8d0662fd86d764473177d301c3ed3bedd6f3f6.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 14:57 UTC
Archive ID
03ce79d2af42aba7
SHA-256
03ce79d2af42aba75e6d16057c8d0662fd86d764473177d301c3ed3bedd6f3f6
Content-safety assessments (3)
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
July 28, 2026 at 18:11 UTC
Run
1201
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.000686

OpenAI category scores

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openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
July 27, 2026 at 00:39 UTC
Run
1196
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.001152

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagviolence0.001152falseself-harm0.000554falseself-harm/intent0.000230falseself-harm/instructions0.000212falsesexual0.000046falseviolence/graphic0.000016falseharassment0.000000falseharassment/threatening0.000000falsehate0.000000falsehate/threatening0.000000falseillicit0.000000falseillicit/violent0.000000falsesexual/minors0.000000false
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 06:15 UTC
Run
106
Input
image
Preprocessing
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Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.134554

OpenAI category scores

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Pixelated text on a pink background with yellow speckles, displaying 'BEiNg wierd Is CoOl DoN't cHange' in three vertical

Reviewed
July 28, 2026 at 18:08 UTC
Run
53
Version
v5
Elapsed
12,141 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,163, response 777

Review tags

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  • pink (color, 0.80)
  • yellow (color, 0.80)
  • playful (mood, 0.80)
  • quirky (mood, 0.80)
  • no visible motion changes (other, 0.80)
  • static image (other, 0.80)
  • low resolution (style, 0.80)
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  • text based (style, 0.80)

Animation

  • static image
  • no visible motion changes

Colors

  • pink
  • yellow
  • black

Composition

  • three vertical
  • centered text
  • uniform spacing

Dense Caption

The image shows pixelated black text reading 'BEiNg', 'wierd', 'Is CoOl', 'DoN't', and 'cHange' arranged vertically across three identical columns on a bright pink background with scattered yellow speckles. The text uses inconsistent capitalization: 'B' uppercase, 'E' lowercase; 'i' lowercase, 'n' lowercase, 'g' lowercase; 'w' lowercase, 'i' lowercase, 'e' lowercase, 'r' lowercase, 'd' lowercase; 'I' uppercase, 's' lowercase, 'C' uppercase, 'o' lowercase, 'O' uppercase, 'l' lowercase, 'l' lowercase; 'D' uppercase, 'o' lowercase, 'N' uppercase, 't' lowercase; 'c' lowercase, 'H' uppercase, 'a' lowercase, 'n' lowercase, 'g' lowercase, 'e' lowercase. The background is solid pink with small yellow pixel clusters scattered throughout.

Description

  • Pixelated text on a pink background with yellow speckles, displaying 'BEiNg wierd Is CoOl DoN't cHange' in three vertical

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 2007111315084064479557

Mood

  • playful
  • quirky

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • pink background yellow speckles text
  • three inconsistent capitalization
  • BEiNg wierd Is CoOl DoN't cHange
  • pixelated text buddy icon

Preprocessing Notes

  • quarantined description: Pixelated text on a pink background with yellow speckles, displaying 'BEiNg wierd Is CoOl DoN't cHange' in three vertical columns.
  • quarantined wordwall: three columns
  • quarantined composition: three vertical columns
  • quarantined retrieval: three columns inconsistent capitalization

Style

  • pixelated
  • text-based
  • low-resolution

Visible Text

  • BEiNg
  • wierd
  • Is CoOl
  • DoN't
  • cHange

Wordwall

  • pink background
  • yellow speckles
  • pixelated text
  • three
  • inconsistent capitalization
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Full source records (1)

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016) (internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016)

Kind
local-directory
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Type
Internet Archive tar preservation of the FranksIcons shared buddy-icon store
Title
2007111315084064479557
Archive entry
2007111315084064479557.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:57 UTC
Rights
mixed anonymous, fan, commercial, and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
large cross-sectional user-shared AIM buddy-icon collection spanning personal identity, fandom, music, humor, relationships, moods, holidays, and internet culture

Original: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#2007111315084064479557.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#2007111315084064479557.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016