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Pixelated graphic with purple text reading "Polka Dots RULE!! So Do I!!" surrounded by colored dots on white background.

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Pixelated graphic with purple text reading "Polka Dots RULE!! So Do I!!" surrounded by colored dots on white background.

Pixelated graphic with purple text reading "Polka Dots RULE!! So Do I!!" surrounded by colored dots on white background. 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIcons…

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Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • text centered vertically
  • dots distributed around text
  • symmetrical dot placement

Dense Caption

The image is a static pixel art composition featuring bold, blocky purple text arranged in four lines: "Polka Dots" at the top (with "a" partially obscured), followed by "RULE!!", then "So Do", and finally "I!!". Surrounding the text are eight distinct colored dots: cyan (top-left), orange (top-right), green (center-top), pink (left-middle), light blue (middle-center), pink (right-middle), orange (bottom-left), and green (bottom-right). All elements use a low-resolution, 8-bit style with visible pixelation. The background is solid white.

Description

  • Pixelated graphic with purple text reading "Polka Dots RULE!! So Do I!!" surrounded by colored dots on white background.

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
  • 20071008180807470809195

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • polka dots rule so do i
  • purple text pixel art
  • colored dot graphic
  • playful polka dot design

Visible Text

  • Polka Dots
  • RULE!!
  • So Do
  • I!!

Wordwall

  • purple text
  • white background
  • cyan dot
  • orange dot
  • green dot
  • pink dot
  • light blue dot
  • blocky font
  • pixelated dots

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20071008180807470809195
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:49 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.6 KB
Motion
Still image
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/15/150024c779b77315c8f75acde08b70ccbb9e6c80248f77e6543a7761a3c71433.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 14:49 UTC
Archive ID
150024c779b77315
SHA-256
150024c779b77315c8f75acde08b70ccbb9e6c80248f77e6543a7761a3c71433
Content-safety assessments (2)
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
July 28, 2026 at 08:38 UTC
Run
1201
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.000017

OpenAI category scores

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Qwen scheduling evidence

Evidence strength is retained for queueing and audit. It does not set the public content-safety verdict.

EvidenceStrengthInputenrichment/visual/violence0.500000image
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 07:05 UTC
Run
106
Input
image
Preprocessing
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Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.081598

OpenAI category scores

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Pixelated graphic with purple text reading "Polka Dots RULE!! So Do I!!" surrounded by colored dots on white background.

Reviewed
July 28, 2026 at 08:34 UTC
Run
53
Version
v5
Elapsed
6,889 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,094, response 700

Review tags

  • cyan (color, 0.80)
  • green (color, 0.80)
  • light blue (color, 0.80)
  • orange (color, 0.80)
  • pink (color, 0.80)
  • cheerful (mood, 0.80)
  • playful (mood, 0.80)
  • 8 bit (style, 0.80)
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  • pixel art (style, 0.80)
  • dots (subject, 0.80)
  • text (subject, 0.80)

Colors

  • cyan
  • orange
  • green
  • pink
  • light blue
  • purple
  • white

Composition

  • text centered vertically
  • dots distributed around text
  • symmetrical dot placement

Dense Caption

The image is a static pixel art composition featuring bold, blocky purple text arranged in four lines: "Polka Dots" at the top (with "a" partially obscured), followed by "RULE!!", then "So Do", and finally "I!!". Surrounding the text are eight distinct colored dots: cyan (top-left), orange (top-right), green (center-top), pink (left-middle), light blue (middle-center), pink (right-middle), orange (bottom-left), and green (bottom-right). All elements use a low-resolution, 8-bit style with visible pixelation. The background is solid white.

Description

  • Pixelated graphic with purple text reading "Polka Dots RULE!! So Do I!!" surrounded by colored dots on white background.

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
  • 20071008180807470809195

Mood

  • playful
  • cheerful

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • polka dots rule so do i
  • purple text pixel art
  • colored dot graphic
  • playful polka dot design

Objects

  • dots

Style

  • pixel art
  • 8-bit
  • blocky font

Subjects

  • text
  • dots

Visible Text

  • Polka Dots
  • RULE!!
  • So Do
  • I!!

Wordwall

  • purple text
  • white background
  • cyan dot
  • orange dot
  • green dot
  • pink dot
  • light blue dot
  • blocky font
  • pixelated dots
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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
20071008180807470809195
Archive entry
20071008180807470809195.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:49 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

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