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Pixelated image with text and symbols: 'dont call me a horse' in red on black, a horse with red X, 'im a unicorn' in green on pink, a unicorn with rainbow, and heart symbols.

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Pixelated image with text and symbols: 'dont call me a horse' in red on black, a horse with red X, 'im a unicorn' in green on pink, a unicorn with rainbow, and heart symbols.

Pixelated image with text and symbols: 'dont call me a horse' in red on black, a horse with red X, 'im a unicorn' in green on pink, a unicorn with rainbow, and heart symbols. Anim…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Animation

  • static

Animation Summary

  • Static image with no visible motion changes.

Composition

  • six distinct sections

Dense Caption

Black background with red text 'dont call me a horse' in three lines; white horse with black and red X symbol; bright pink background with green text 'im a unicorn' in two lines; white unicorn with purple mane and rainbow stream from mouth on blue sky background; white background with multicolored hearts (red, blue, green, yellow, orange) and partial text 'u-n-l-c-o-r-n' in light blue.

Description

Pixelated image with text and symbols: 'dont call me a horse' in red on black, a horse with red X, 'im a unicorn' in green on pink, a unicorn with rainbow, and heart symbols.

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 collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 20090718180248441416315

Metadata Supported By Image

  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • horse unicorn rainbow hearts
  • dont call me a horse im a unicorn
  • pixelated unicorn rainbow
  • red text black background green text pink background

Objects

  • X symbol

Preprocessing Notes

  • no upscaling or matte
  • quarantined composition: grid layout

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • 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 collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Subjects

  • horse

Visible Text

  • dont call me a horse
  • im a unicorn
  • u-n-l-c-o-r-n

Wordwall

  • red text on black
  • white horse
  • red X symbol
  • pink background
  • green text
  • unicorn
  • rainbow stream
  • multicolored hearts
  • partial text 'u-n-l-c-o-r-n'

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Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090718180248441416315
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:00 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
4.9 KB
Motion
Animated (5 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/04/04348bce408994df91ff96e4c8365d0ceea987c3133b7a4f5d4b9b2f0da38d9b.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 16:00 UTC
Archive ID
04348bce408994df
SHA-256
04348bce408994df91ff96e4c8365d0ceea987c3133b7a4f5d4b9b2f0da38d9b
Content-safety assessments (3)
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
August 19, 2026 at 15:01 UTC
Run
1315
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.005644

OpenAI category scores

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openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
July 27, 2026 at 18:15 UTC
Run
1196
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.010117

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagviolence0.010117falsesexual0.002826falseself-harm0.000564falseself-harm/intent0.000255falseself-harm/instructions0.000221falseviolence/graphic0.000034falseharassment0.000000falseharassment/threatening0.000000falsehate0.000000falsehate/threatening0.000000falseillicit0.000000falseillicit/violent0.000000falsesexual/minors0.000000false
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 06:18 UTC
Run
106
Input
image
Preprocessing
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Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.254257

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.930341onnx/unsafe0.254257onnx/nsfw0.201006onnx/nsfl0.053251
Enrichment records (1)
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Pixelated image with text and symbols: 'dont call me a horse' in red on black, a horse with red X, 'im a unicorn' in green on pink, a unicorn with rainbow, and heart symbols.

Reviewed
August 19, 2026 at 14:50 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
9,508 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,167, response 878

Review tags

  • rainbow stream (action, 0.80)
  • black (color, 0.80)
  • red (color, 0.80)
  • humorous (mood, 0.80)
  • playful (mood, 0.80)
  • x symbol (object, 0.80)
  • low resolution (style, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • retro (style, 0.80)
  • hearts (subject, 0.80)
  • horse (subject, 0.80)
  • unicorn (subject, 0.80)

Actions

  • rainbow stream

Animation

  • static

Animation Summary

  • Static image with no visible motion changes.

Colors

  • black
  • red
  • white
  • pink
  • green
  • blue
  • purple
  • yellow
  • orange

Composition

  • six distinct sections

Dense Caption

Black background with red text 'dont call me a horse' in three lines; white horse with black and red X symbol; bright pink background with green text 'im a unicorn' in two lines; white unicorn with purple mane and rainbow stream from mouth on blue sky background; white background with multicolored hearts (red, blue, green, yellow, orange) and partial text 'u-n-l-c-o-r-n' in light blue.

Description

Pixelated image with text and symbols: 'dont call me a horse' in red on black, a horse with red X, 'im a unicorn' in green on pink, a unicorn with rainbow, and heart symbols.

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 collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 20090718180248441416315

Metadata Supported By Image

  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Mood

  • humorous
  • playful

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • horse unicorn rainbow hearts
  • dont call me a horse im a unicorn
  • pixelated unicorn rainbow
  • red text black background green text pink background

Objects

  • X symbol
  • hearts

Preprocessing Notes

  • no upscaling or matte
  • quarantined composition: grid layout

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • 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 collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Style

  • pixelated
  • low-resolution
  • retro

Subjects

  • horse
  • unicorn
  • hearts

Visible Text

  • dont call me a horse
  • im a unicorn
  • u-n-l-c-o-r-n

Wordwall

  • red text on black
  • white horse
  • red X symbol
  • pink background
  • green text
  • unicorn
  • rainbow stream
  • multicolored hearts
  • partial text 'u-n-l-c-o-r-n'
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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
20090718180248441416315
Archive entry
20090718180248441416315.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:00 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#20090718180248441416315.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090718180248441416315.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016