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Six- of pixelated text-based images with distinct backgrounds and color schemes, each containing stylized black-and-white text

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Six- of pixelated text-based images with distinct backgrounds and color schemes, each containing stylized black-and-white text

Six- of pixelated text-based images with distinct backgrounds and color schemes, each containing stylized black-and-white text. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Arc…

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Depicts

Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • six
  • text overlaid on graphics

Dense Caption

The image is a six-panel grid. Top-left panel: red background with pink floral patterns; black text reads "i dont know why" in bold sans-serif font. Top-middle panel: blue eye graphic with heart-shaped pupil; black text reads "i keep staring" below the eye. Top-right panel: multicolored abstract background (purple, green, yellow); black text reads "cuz every time i look" above pink hearts. Bottom-left panel: white background with large black stylized lettering; black text reads "i see the same thing" in bold sans-serif font. Bottom-middle panel: light blue and beige background with heart outlines; black text reads "you..." below the hearts. Bottom-right panel: white background with cartoon character holding a red object; black text reads "without me" above the character.

Description

  • Six- of pixelated text-based images with distinct backgrounds and color schemes, each containing stylized black-and-white text

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 collection-attribute: historical-archive

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons
  • 2007-2016
  • 20080425160041628351852
  • 20080425193311792045959

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • i dont know why i keep staring
  • cuz every time i look i see the same thing
  • you without me
  • text-based pixel art

Preprocessing Notes

  • quarantined description: Six-panel grid of pixelated text-based images with distinct backgrounds and color schemes, each containing stylized black-and-white text.
  • quarantined composition: six-panel grid
  • quarantined retrieval: text-based pixel art grid

Subjects

  • eye
  • cartoon character

Visible Text

  • i dont know why
  • i keep staring
  • cuz every time i look
  • i see the same thing
  • you...
  • without me

Visually Supported Entities

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

Wordwall

  • red floral background
  • blue eye graphic
  • multicolored abstract background
  • stylized lettering
  • heart outlines
  • cartoon character

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080425160041628351852
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:24 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080425193311792045959
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:24 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
7.9 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/33/3359b8689259c3e370d5e71a7d47d40b628c93f588246cbd3b8a9f37394aeea9.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:24 UTC
Archive ID
3359b8689259c3e3
SHA-256
3359b8689259c3e370d5e71a7d47d40b628c93f588246cbd3b8a9f37394aeea9
Content-safety assessments (2)
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
August 5, 2026 at 08:42 UTC
Run
1266
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.004671

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagself-harm0.004671falseviolence0.000525falseself-harm/intent0.000248falsesexual0.000047falseharassment0.000044falseviolence/graphic0.000019falseillicit0.000003falsehate0.000002falseharassment/threatening0.000002falseself-harm/instructions0.000001falsesexual/minors0.000001falseillicit/violent0.000001falsehate/threatening0.000000false

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 07:37 UTC
Run
107
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.143603

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.939609onnx/unsafe0.143603onnx/nsfw0.111472onnx/nsfl0.032131
Enrichment records (1)
wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

Six- of pixelated text-based images with distinct backgrounds and color schemes, each containing stylized black-and-white text

Reviewed
August 5, 2026 at 08:36 UTC
Run
58
Version
v5
Elapsed
11,663 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,212, response 810

Review tags

  • holding (action, 0.80)
  • looking (action, 0.80)
  • staring (action, 0.80)
  • heart outlines (object, 0.80)
  • red object (object, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • stylized font (style, 0.80)
  • text based (style, 0.80)
  • cartoon character (subject, 0.80)
  • eye (subject, 0.80)
  • hearts (subject, 0.80)
  • stylized lettering (subject, 0.80)

Actions

  • staring
  • looking
  • holding

Colors

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

Composition

  • six
  • text overlaid on graphics

Dense Caption

The image is a six-panel grid. Top-left panel: red background with pink floral patterns; black text reads "i dont know why" in bold sans-serif font. Top-middle panel: blue eye graphic with heart-shaped pupil; black text reads "i keep staring" below the eye. Top-right panel: multicolored abstract background (purple, green, yellow); black text reads "cuz every time i look" above pink hearts. Bottom-left panel: white background with large black stylized lettering; black text reads "i see the same thing" in bold sans-serif font. Bottom-middle panel: light blue and beige background with heart outlines; black text reads "you..." below the hearts. Bottom-right panel: white background with cartoon character holding a red object; black text reads "without me" above the character.

Description

  • Six- of pixelated text-based images with distinct backgrounds and color schemes, each containing stylized black-and-white text

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 collection-attribute: historical-archive

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons
  • 2007-2016
  • 20080425160041628351852
  • 20080425193311792045959

Mood

  • melancholic
  • romantic
  • nostalgic

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • i dont know why i keep staring
  • cuz every time i look i see the same thing
  • you without me
  • text-based pixel art

Objects

  • heart outlines
  • red object

Preprocessing Notes

  • quarantined description: Six-panel grid of pixelated text-based images with distinct backgrounds and color schemes, each containing stylized black-and-white text.
  • quarantined composition: six-panel grid
  • quarantined retrieval: text-based pixel art grid

Style

  • pixelated
  • text-based
  • stylized font
  • cartoonish

Subjects

  • eye
  • hearts
  • stylized lettering
  • cartoon character

Visible Text

  • i dont know why
  • i keep staring
  • cuz every time i look
  • i see the same thing
  • you...
  • without me

Visually Supported Entities

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

Wordwall

  • red floral background
  • blue eye graphic
  • multicolored abstract background
  • stylized lettering
  • heart outlines
  • cartoon character
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Full source records (2)

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
20080425160041628351852
Archive entry
20080425160041628351852.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:24 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#20080425160041628351852.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080425160041628351852.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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
20080425193311792045959
Archive entry
20080425193311792045959.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:24 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#20080425193311792045959.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080425193311792045959.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016