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Pixelated cyan text reading RETARD ALERT on a pink and white checkered background with no visible motion.

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Pixelated cyan text reading RETARD ALERT on a pink and white checkered background with no visible motion.

Pixelated cyan text reading RETARD ALERT on a pink and white checkered background with no visible motion. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIcons Share…

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Source terms

Composition

  • four identical text instances
  • centered text in each quadrant

Dense Caption

The image displays four identical instances of the text 'RETARD ALERT' in cyan, pixelated, blocky font. Each instance is positioned in a separate quadrant of a grid layout. The background consists of a checkered pattern of pink and white squares. The text appears to be static with no visible animation or movement. The overall style is reminiscent of early digital graphics with low-resolution pixel art.

Description

  • Pixelated cyan text reading RETARD ALERT on a pink and white checkered background with no visible motion.

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
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • collection identity (gallery; hint): 2007-2016
  • collection identity (gallery; hint): franksicons
  • observation file-name (gallery): franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • observation title (gallery): 2008111511355935455865
  • observation file-name (gallery): 2008111511355935455865

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • cyan RETARD ALERT
  • pink checkered background
  • pixelated text
  • four identical instances

Preprocessing Notes

  • quarantined wordwall: grid layout
  • quarantined composition: grid layout

Visible Text

  • RETARD ALERT

Wordwall

  • cyan text
  • RETARD ALERT
  • pink and white checkered background
  • pixelated font
  • four identical instances
  • static image
  • low-resolution pixel art

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
2008111511355935455865
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:43 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3.4 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/39/398c8a5b13be6b3aca231eae38be909cd90fea436b8667a60c63737be73ba305.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:43 UTC
Archive ID
398c8a5b13be6b3a
SHA-256
398c8a5b13be6b3aca231eae38be909cd90fea436b8667a60c63737be73ba305
Content-safety assessments (3)
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
August 18, 2026 at 09:06 UTC
Run
1312
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.305183

OpenAI category scores

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openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
July 29, 2026 at 13:04 UTC
Run
1245
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.001212

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagviolence0.001212falseself-harm0.000502falseself-harm/intent0.000225falseself-harm/instructions0.000212falsesexual0.000148falseviolence/graphic0.000020falseharassment0.000000falseharassment/threatening0.000000falsehate0.000000falsehate/threatening0.000000falseillicit0.000000falseillicit/violent0.000000falsesexual/minors0.000000false
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 07:43 UTC
Run
107
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.530603

OpenAI category scores

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Pixelated cyan text reading RETARD ALERT on a pink and white checkered background with no visible motion.

Reviewed
August 18, 2026 at 08:55 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
8,202 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,105, response 697

Review tags

  • cyan (color, 0.80)
  • pink (color, 0.80)
  • white (color, 0.80)
  • blocky font (style, 0.80)
  • checkered background (style, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)

Colors

  • cyan
  • pink
  • white

Composition

  • four identical text instances
  • centered text in each quadrant

Dense Caption

The image displays four identical instances of the text 'RETARD ALERT' in cyan, pixelated, blocky font. Each instance is positioned in a separate quadrant of a grid layout. The background consists of a checkered pattern of pink and white squares. The text appears to be static with no visible animation or movement. The overall style is reminiscent of early digital graphics with low-resolution pixel art.

Description

  • Pixelated cyan text reading RETARD ALERT on a pink and white checkered background with no visible motion.

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
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • collection identity (gallery; hint): 2007-2016
  • collection identity (gallery; hint): franksicons
  • observation file-name (gallery): franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • observation title (gallery): 2008111511355935455865
  • observation file-name (gallery): 2008111511355935455865

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • cyan RETARD ALERT
  • pink checkered background
  • pixelated text
  • four identical instances

Preprocessing Notes

  • quarantined wordwall: grid layout
  • quarantined composition: grid layout

Style

  • pixelated
  • blocky font
  • checkered background

Visible Text

  • RETARD ALERT

Wordwall

  • cyan text
  • RETARD ALERT
  • pink and white checkered background
  • pixelated font
  • four identical instances
  • static image
  • low-resolution pixel art
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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
2008111511355935455865
Archive entry
2008111511355935455865.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:43 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#2008111511355935455865.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#2008111511355935455865.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016