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A static image with a pixelated portrait of a person with long brown hair on the left and red pixelated text on a black background on the right.

A static image with a pixelated portrait of a person with long brown hair on the left and red pixelated text on a black background on the right. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon…

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Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • split left-right
  • portrait on left
  • text on right

Dense Caption

The image is split into two sections: the left section shows a pixelated portrait of a person with long brown hair and a neutral expression against a blurred greenish background; the right section contains red pixelated text on a black background. The text reads: 'Hey, hey u, u i dont like ure girlfriend', 'no way no way think u need a new girlfriend', 'u,u *i want 2 be ure 1 hey, hey ull u b mine'. The text uses lowercase letters with some numbers and asterisks, and the font is a blocky pixelated style. The overall image has a low-resolution, retro digital appearance.

Description

A static image with a pixelated portrait of a person with long brown hair on the left and red pixelated text on a black background on the right.

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 collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Metadata Only Entities

  • 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 collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • pixelated portrait long brown hair
  • red pixelated text black background
  • blocky font lowercase letters
  • split composition text portrait
  • retro digital appearance
  • text reads 'Hey, hey u, u i dont like ure girlfriend'
  • text reads 'no way no way think u need a new girlfriend'
  • text reads 'u,u *i want 2 be ure 1 hey, hey ull u b mine'

Visible Text

  • Hey, hey u, u i dont like ure girlfriend
  • no way no way think u need a new girlfriend
  • u,u *i want 2 be ure 1 hey, hey ull u b mine

Wordwall

  • pixelated portrait
  • long brown hair
  • neutral expression
  • blurred greenish background
  • red pixelated text
  • black background
  • blocky font
  • lowercase letters
  • numbers
  • asterisks
  • retro digital appearance
  • split composition
  • text reads 'Hey, hey u, u i dont like ure girlfriend'
  • text reads 'no way no way think u need a new girlfriend'
  • text reads 'u,u *i want 2 be ure 1 hey, hey ull u b mine'

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20070807055131745143240
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:37 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200708070957251281027776
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:37 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3.2 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 14:37 UTC
Archive ID
3f3ff8dd11e2a7a4
SHA-256
3f3ff8dd11e2a7a4f4e2f67851fbc9a1857b7ec28ed2c460430d8dfb8b85b7fc
Content-safety assessments (2)
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Assessed
August 10, 2026 at 05:30 UTC
Run
1278
Input
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OpenAI category scores

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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 07:49 UTC
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107
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OpenAI category scores

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wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

A static image with a pixelated portrait of a person with long brown hair on the left and red pixelated text on a black background on the right.

Reviewed
August 25, 2026 at 20:02 UTC
Run
69
Version
v5
Elapsed
9,546 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,155, response 929

Review tags

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  • green (color, 0.80)
  • red (color, 0.80)
  • assertive (mood, 0.80)
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  • person with long brown hair (subject, 0.80)

Colors

  • red
  • black
  • brown
  • green

Composition

  • split left-right
  • portrait on left
  • text on right

Dense Caption

The image is split into two sections: the left section shows a pixelated portrait of a person with long brown hair and a neutral expression against a blurred greenish background; the right section contains red pixelated text on a black background. The text reads: 'Hey, hey u, u i dont like ure girlfriend', 'no way no way think u need a new girlfriend', 'u,u *i want 2 be ure 1 hey, hey ull u b mine'. The text uses lowercase letters with some numbers and asterisks, and the font is a blocky pixelated style. The overall image has a low-resolution, retro digital appearance.

Description

A static image with a pixelated portrait of a person with long brown hair on the left and red pixelated text on a black background on the right.

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 collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Metadata Only Entities

  • 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 collection-attribute: buddy-icons

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  • assertive

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  • text reads 'no way no way think u need a new girlfriend'
  • text reads 'u,u *i want 2 be ure 1 hey, hey ull u b mine'

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Subjects

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Visible Text

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  • no way no way think u need a new girlfriend
  • u,u *i want 2 be ure 1 hey, hey ull u b mine

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  • asterisks
  • retro digital appearance
  • split composition
  • text reads 'Hey, hey u, u i dont like ure girlfriend'
  • text reads 'no way no way think u need a new girlfriend'
  • text reads 'u,u *i want 2 be ure 1 hey, hey ull u b mine'
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Reviewed
July 27, 2026 at 10:40 UTC
Run
52
Version
v5
Elapsed
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Error
No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. (127.0.0.1:11435)
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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
20070807055131745143240
Archive entry
20070807055131745143240.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:37 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#20070807055131745143240.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20070807055131745143240.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
200708070957251281027776
Archive entry
200708070957251281027776.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:37 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#200708070957251281027776.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200708070957251281027776.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016