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Cyan pixelated text and symbols on black background, with animated variations of 'bestays' followed by different punctuation marks.

Cyan pixelated text and symbols on black background, with animated variations of 'bestays' followed by different punctuation marks. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet…

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Animation

'bestays' symbol changes from '<' to '<3' to '<3.' across observations

Animation Summary

Animated changes show 'bestays' symbol evolving from '<' to '<3' to '<3.' across observations; all other text remains static.

Composition

repeated
fixed spacing
uniform text size

Dense Caption

Black background displays cyan pixelated text in a grid layout. Top rows contain repeated sequences: 'LT ML BH', 'SL DR KW', 'JAT JNT HB', 'KB SY AR'. Bottom rows repeat these sequences and show 'bestays' with varying symbols: first row has 'bestays<', second row shows 'bestays<3', third row displays 'bestays<3.'; each symbol changes across observations. All text uses a retro digital font style, consistent pixel size and spacing throughout the grid.

Description

Cyan pixelated text and symbols on black background, with animated variations of 'bestays' followed by different punctuation marks.

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
20090131150613101913592

Non Redundant Search Phrases

cyan pixelated
repeated sequences LT ML BH SL DR KW JAT JNT HB KB SY AR
animated bestays symbols < <3 <3.

Preprocessing Notes

quarantined wordwall: grid layout
quarantined style: grid layout
quarantined composition: repeated rows
quarantined retrieval: cyan pixelated grid

Visible Text

LT ML BH
SL DR KW
JAT JNT HB
KB SY AR
bestays<
bestays<3
bestays<3.

Wordwall

cyan on black
pixelated text
repeated sequences
'LT ML BH'
'SL DR KW'
'JAT JNT HB'
'KB SY AR'
animated 'bestays' symbols
<
<3
<3.

Source & archive date

Added to archive: July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title: 20090131150613101913592
Era: Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed: July 12, 2026 at 15:51 UTC

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Technical archive details

Format: GIF
Dimensions: 48×48 pixels
File size: 582 bytes
Motion: Animated (9 frames)
Added to archive: July 12, 2026
Relative path: icons/3a/3a542022195f1f693b08a215f1c1d53a4f6b6985aa2203352053d12e1bee0e18.gif
Media type: image/gif
Scanner metadata: v1
Animation inspected: July 12, 2026 at 15:51 UTC
Archive ID: 3a542022195f1f69
SHA-256: 3a542022195f1f693b08a215f1c1d53a4f6b6985aa2203352053d12e1bee0e18

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Assessed: July 23, 2026 at 07:44 UTC
Run: 107
Input: image
Preprocessing: four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label: sfw
Overall score: 0.089040

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Cyan pixelated text and symbols on black background, with animated variations of 'bestays' followed by different punctuation marks.

Reviewed: August 18, 2026 at 20:57 UTC
Run: 61
Version: v5
Elapsed: 7,193 ms
Tokens: prompt 2,114, response 683

Review tags

black (color, 0.80)
cyan (color, 0.80)
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pixelated (style, 0.80)

Animation

'bestays' symbol changes from '<' to '<3' to '<3.' across observations

Animation Summary

Animated changes show 'bestays' symbol evolving from '<' to '<3' to '<3.' across observations; all other text remains static.

Colors

cyan
black

Composition

repeated
fixed spacing
uniform text size

Dense Caption

Description

Cyan pixelated text and symbols on black background, with animated variations of 'bestays' followed by different punctuation marks.

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
20090131150613101913592

Non Redundant Search Phrases

cyan pixelated
repeated sequences LT ML BH SL DR KW JAT JNT HB KB SY AR
animated bestays symbols < <3 <3.

Preprocessing Notes

quarantined wordwall: grid layout
quarantined style: grid layout
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pixelated
digital

Visible Text

LT ML BH
SL DR KW
JAT JNT HB
KB SY AR
bestays<
bestays<3
bestays<3.

Wordwall

cyan on black
pixelated text
repeated sequences
'LT ML BH'
'SL DR KW'
'JAT JNT HB'
'KB SY AR'
animated 'bestays' symbols
<
<3
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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: 20090131150613101913592
Archive entry: 20090131150613101913592.gif
Observed: July 12, 2026 at 15:51 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#20090131150613101913592.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090131150613101913592.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

Cyan pixelated text and symbols on black background, with animated variations of 'bestays' followed by different punctuation marks.

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