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Red background with blue text 'single and lookin' :(' and white starbursts; four identical arranged in a

Red background with blue text 'single and lookin' :(' and white starbursts; four identical arranged in a. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIcons Share…

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Mood

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Source terms

Animation

  • static
  • no visible changes

Animation Summary

  • static image with no visible changes

Composition

  • centered text
  • scattered starbursts

Dense Caption

Red background with white starbursts scattered across. Blue text reads 'single and lookin' :(' in four identical panels arranged in a 2x2 grid. Each panel contains the same text and starbursts. The text is in a pixelated font. The starbursts are white and vary in size. The text 'single and lookin' :(' is repeated four times. The starbursts are positioned around the text. The background is solid red. The text is centered in each panel. The starbursts are distributed throughout the background. The text 'single and lookin' :(' is in lowercase except for the first letter of 'single'. The text 'single and lookin' :(' is followed by a colon and a sad face emoticon. The sad face emoticon is a colon followed by a left parenthesis. The text 'single and lookin' :(' is in blue. The starbursts are white. The background is red. The text is in a pixelated font. The starbursts are scattered. The text is repeated four times. The panels are arranged in a 2x2 grid. The text is centered in each panel. The starbursts are distributed throughout the background. The text 'single and lookin' :(' is in lowercase except for the first letter of 'single'. The text 'single and lookin' :(' is followed by a colon and a sad face emoticon. The sad face emoticon is a colon followed by a left parenthesis. The text 'single and lookin' :(' is in blue. The starbursts are white. The background is red. The text is in a pixelated font. The starbursts are scattered. The text is repeated four times. The panels are arranged in a 2x2 grid. The text is centered in each panel. The starbursts are distributed throughout the background. The text 'single and lookin' :(' is in lowercase except for the first letter of 'single'. The text 'single and lookin' :(' is followed by a colon and a sad face emoticon. The sad face '

Description

  • Red background with blue text 'single and lookin' :(' and white starbursts; four identical arranged in a

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • 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
  • 200811090524581394309641

Metadata Supported By Image

  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • single and lookin sad face
  • red background blue text
  • starbursts
  • pixelated text starbursts
  • buddy icon text
  • single and lookin :(
  • blue text red background
  • starbursts text

Preprocessing Notes

  • no upscaling or cropping detected
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  • quarantined wordwall: repeated panels
  • quarantined wordwall: 2x2 grid
  • quarantined composition: 2x2 grid
  • quarantined retrieval: starbursts text grid
  • quarantined retrieval: 2x2 grid starbursts

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

Visible Text

  • single and lookin' :(

Wordwall

  • red background
  • white starbursts
  • blue text
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  • pixelated font
  • sad face emoticon
  • repeated

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200811090524581394309641
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:42 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.3 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
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Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:42 UTC
Archive ID
38faf7f8b33fc2cf
SHA-256
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Content-safety assessments (1)
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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 07:43 UTC
Run
107
Input
image
Preprocessing
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Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.126186

OpenAI category scores

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Red background with blue text 'single and lookin' :(' and white starbursts; four identical arranged in a

Reviewed
August 18, 2026 at 07:52 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
11,270 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,110, response 1,218

Review tags

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  • red (color, 0.80)
  • white (color, 0.80)
  • melancholic (mood, 0.80)
  • nostalgic (mood, 0.80)
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Animation

  • static
  • no visible changes

Animation Summary

  • static image with no visible changes

Colors

  • red
  • white
  • blue

Composition

  • centered text
  • scattered starbursts

Dense Caption

Red background with white starbursts scattered across. Blue text reads 'single and lookin' :(' in four identical panels arranged in a 2x2 grid. Each panel contains the same text and starbursts. The text is in a pixelated font. The starbursts are white and vary in size. The text 'single and lookin' :(' is repeated four times. The starbursts are positioned around the text. The background is solid red. The text is centered in each panel. The starbursts are distributed throughout the background. The text 'single and lookin' :(' is in lowercase except for the first letter of 'single'. The text 'single and lookin' :(' is followed by a colon and a sad face emoticon. The sad face emoticon is a colon followed by a left parenthesis. The text 'single and lookin' :(' is in blue. The starbursts are white. The background is red. The text is in a pixelated font. The starbursts are scattered. The text is repeated four times. The panels are arranged in a 2x2 grid. The text is centered in each panel. The starbursts are distributed throughout the background. The text 'single and lookin' :(' is in lowercase except for the first letter of 'single'. The text 'single and lookin' :(' is followed by a colon and a sad face emoticon. The sad face emoticon is a colon followed by a left parenthesis. The text 'single and lookin' :(' is in blue. The starbursts are white. The background is red. The text is in a pixelated font. The starbursts are scattered. The text is repeated four times. The panels are arranged in a 2x2 grid. The text is centered in each panel. The starbursts are distributed throughout the background. The text 'single and lookin' :(' is in lowercase except for the first letter of 'single'. The text 'single and lookin' :(' is followed by a colon and a sad face emoticon. The sad face '

Description

  • Red background with blue text 'single and lookin' :(' and white starbursts; four identical arranged in a

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • 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
  • 200811090524581394309641

Metadata Supported By Image

  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive

Mood

  • melancholic
  • nostalgic

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  • red background blue text
  • starbursts
  • pixelated text starbursts
  • buddy icon text
  • single and lookin :(
  • blue text red background
  • starbursts text

Objects

  • starbursts

Preprocessing Notes

  • no upscaling or cropping detected
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Source Metadata Interpretation

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  • provenance era: 2016
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  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
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  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Style

  • pixelated
  • text-based
  • repetitive

Subjects

  • text
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Visible Text

  • single and lookin' :(

Wordwall

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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
200811090524581394309641
Archive entry
200811090524581394309641.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:42 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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