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A pixelated image shows a gray fish-like creature with a red eye, holding a white speech bubble containing pink text that reads "maybe that someone is me" against a light gray background.

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A pixelated image shows a gray fish-like creature with a red eye, holding a white speech bubble containing pink text that reads "maybe that someone is me" against a light gray background.

A pixelated image shows a gray fish-like creature with a red eye, holding a white speech bubble containing pink text that reads "maybe that someone is me" against a light gray bac…

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Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • creature positioned right of center
  • speech bubble left of creature
  • text centered within bubble
  • light gray background

Dense Caption

The image is a static pixelated graphic featuring a gray fish-like creature with a single prominent red eye. The creature has a smooth, rounded body with dark gray or brownish markings along its sides. It holds a white rectangular speech bubble containing three lines of pink text: "maybe that", "someone", and "is me". The background is a light gray gradient. The image has low resolution with visible pixelation throughout. The creature's mouth is closed, and its expression appears neutral. The speech bubble is positioned to the left of the creature's head. The text is rendered in a pixelated font style consistent with early 2000s digital graphics.

Description

A pixelated image shows a gray fish-like creature with a red eye, holding a white speech bubble containing pink text that reads "maybe that someone is me" against a light gray background.

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
  • 20090312141325782628507

Metadata Supported By Image

  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • gray fish creature red eye speech bubble text maybe that someone is me
  • pixelated buddy icon fish red eye text
  • buddy icon fish speech bubble pink text
  • gray fish red eye text maybe that someone is me

Objects

  • speech bubble

Preprocessing Notes

  • image appears upscaled or low-resolution

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

Visible Text

  • maybe that
  • someone
  • is me

Wordwall

  • gray fish-like creature
  • red eye
  • white speech bubble
  • pink text
  • light gray background
  • pixelated graphics
  • closed mouth
  • neutral expression
  • three-line text
  • smooth body
  • dark markings
  • text reads "maybe that someone is me"

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090312141325782628507
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:54 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
2.7 KB
Motion
Still image
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/3e/3e4d3375b520e45c065bfa603588152bc77efc5ed9129f58472b833a1271a102.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:54 UTC
Archive ID
3e4d3375b520e45c
SHA-256
3e4d3375b520e45c065bfa603588152bc77efc5ed9129f58472b833a1271a102
Content-safety assessments (3)
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
August 19, 2026 at 02:37 UTC
Run
1312
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.000511

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
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
August 9, 2026 at 18:23 UTC
Run
1278
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.095638

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagself-harm0.095638falseviolence0.023050falseself-harm/intent0.008250falseviolence/graphic0.001575falsesexual0.000698falseself-harm/instructions0.000238falseharassment0.000000falseharassment/threatening0.000000falsehate0.000000falsehate/threatening0.000000falseillicit0.000000falseillicit/violent0.000000falsesexual/minors0.000000false
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 07:48 UTC
Run
107
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.198155

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.801845onnx/unsafe0.198155onnx/nsfl0.159541onnx/nsfw0.038613
Enrichment records (1)
wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

A pixelated image shows a gray fish-like creature with a red eye, holding a white speech bubble containing pink text that reads "maybe that someone is me" against a light gray background.

Reviewed
August 19, 2026 at 02:35 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
9,667 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,094, response 897

Review tags

  • gray (color, 0.80)
  • light gray (color, 0.80)
  • pink (color, 0.80)
  • red (color, 0.80)
  • white (color, 0.80)
  • neutral (mood, 0.80)
  • speech bubble (object, 0.80)
  • early 2000s digital graphics (style, 0.80)
  • low resolution (style, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • fish like creature (subject, 0.80)

Colors

  • gray
  • red
  • white
  • pink
  • light gray

Composition

  • creature positioned right of center
  • speech bubble left of creature
  • text centered within bubble
  • light gray background

Dense Caption

The image is a static pixelated graphic featuring a gray fish-like creature with a single prominent red eye. The creature has a smooth, rounded body with dark gray or brownish markings along its sides. It holds a white rectangular speech bubble containing three lines of pink text: "maybe that", "someone", and "is me". The background is a light gray gradient. The image has low resolution with visible pixelation throughout. The creature's mouth is closed, and its expression appears neutral. The speech bubble is positioned to the left of the creature's head. The text is rendered in a pixelated font style consistent with early 2000s digital graphics.

Description

A pixelated image shows a gray fish-like creature with a red eye, holding a white speech bubble containing pink text that reads "maybe that someone is me" against a light gray background.

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
  • 20090312141325782628507

Metadata Supported By Image

  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Mood

  • neutral

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • gray fish creature red eye speech bubble text maybe that someone is me
  • pixelated buddy icon fish red eye text
  • buddy icon fish speech bubble pink text
  • gray fish red eye text maybe that someone is me

Objects

  • speech bubble

Preprocessing Notes

  • image appears upscaled or low-resolution

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

Style

  • pixelated
  • low-resolution
  • early 2000s digital graphics

Subjects

  • fish-like creature

Visible Text

  • maybe that
  • someone
  • is me

Wordwall

  • gray fish-like creature
  • red eye
  • white speech bubble
  • pink text
  • light gray background
  • pixelated graphics
  • closed mouth
  • neutral expression
  • three-line text
  • smooth body
  • dark markings
  • text reads "maybe that someone is me"
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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
20090312141325782628507
Archive entry
20090312141325782628507.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:54 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#20090312141325782628507.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090312141325782628507.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016