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A static image with four identical spiral patterns in cyan and magenta, each containing the text "WEEEE" repeated vertically.

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A static image with four identical spiral patterns in cyan and magenta, each containing the text "WEEEE" repeated vertically.

A static image with four identical spiral patterns in cyan and magenta, each containing the text "WEEEE" repeated vertically. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archi…

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Composition

  • four identical spirals in
  • text overlaid on spiral
  • solid cyan background outside spirals

Dense Caption

The image consists of a grid of four identical spiral patterns arranged in two rows and two columns. Each spiral features alternating cyan and magenta concentric rings forming a continuous swirl. Overlaid on each spiral is the word "WEEEE" written in bold, black, pixelated capital letters, repeated six times vertically from top to bottom. The background outside the spirals is solid cyan.

Description

  • A static image with four identical spiral patterns in cyan and magenta, each containing the text "WEEEE" repeated vertically.

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
  • 20070913142649534331204

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • cyan magenta spiral WEEEE
  • WEEEE text pixel art
  • spiral pattern cyan magenta
  • repeated WEEEE text

Preprocessing Notes

  • quarantined wordwall: grid layout
  • quarantined composition: four identical spirals in 2x2 grid

Visible Text

  • WEEEE

Wordwall

  • cyan
  • magenta
  • spiral pattern
  • WEEEE text
  • pixelated font
  • repeated text

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20070913142649534331204
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:44 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
4.2 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 14:44 UTC
Archive ID
428116dad3665e76
SHA-256
428116dad3665e767310e8da3c1ee8aea9285b954551a3e65a995b3c7323c41e
Content-safety assessments (2)
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Assessed
July 29, 2026 at 11:16 UTC
Run
1245
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
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Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.000071

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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 07:53 UTC
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A static image with four identical spiral patterns in cyan and magenta, each containing the text "WEEEE" repeated vertically.

Reviewed
July 28, 2026 at 01:43 UTC
Run
53
Version
v5
Elapsed
8,847 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,111, response 664

Review tags

  • black (color, 0.80)
  • cyan (color, 0.80)
  • magenta (color, 0.80)
  • pixel art (style, 0.80)
  • repetitive pattern (style, 0.80)
  • retro digital (style, 0.80)

Colors

  • cyan
  • magenta
  • black

Composition

  • four identical spirals in
  • text overlaid on spiral
  • solid cyan background outside spirals

Dense Caption

The image consists of a grid of four identical spiral patterns arranged in two rows and two columns. Each spiral features alternating cyan and magenta concentric rings forming a continuous swirl. Overlaid on each spiral is the word "WEEEE" written in bold, black, pixelated capital letters, repeated six times vertically from top to bottom. The background outside the spirals is solid cyan.

Description

  • A static image with four identical spiral patterns in cyan and magenta, each containing the text "WEEEE" repeated vertically.

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
  • 20070913142649534331204

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • cyan magenta spiral WEEEE
  • WEEEE text pixel art
  • spiral pattern cyan magenta
  • repeated WEEEE text

Preprocessing Notes

  • quarantined wordwall: grid layout
  • quarantined composition: four identical spirals in 2x2 grid

Style

  • pixel art
  • retro digital
  • repetitive pattern

Visible Text

  • WEEEE

Wordwall

  • cyan
  • magenta
  • spiral pattern
  • WEEEE text
  • pixelated font
  • repeated text
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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
20070913142649534331204
Archive entry
20070913142649534331204.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:44 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#20070913142649534331204.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20070913142649534331204.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016