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Pixelated cyan text on black background with dotted lines and a gray rectangle, displaying phrases about love and lying.

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Pixelated cyan text on black background with dotted lines and a gray rectangle, displaying phrases about love and lying.

Pixelated cyan text on black background with dotted lines and a gray rectangle, displaying phrases about love and lying. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Fr…

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Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • text arranged in four sections
  • dotted lines as separators
  • solid rectangle in bottom-right corner

Dense Caption

Black background contains cyan pixelated text: top-left "If you asked me if I love", top-right "I'd lie, but If he asked me", center-bottom "I'd tell him (maybe)". Two horizontal dotted lines in cyan appear between sections. A solid gray rectangle occupies the bottom-right corner. Text uses a blocky, low-resolution font style typical of early digital interfaces.

Description

  • Pixelated cyan text on black background with dotted lines and a gray rectangle, displaying phrases about love and lying.

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 collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 200911291520091211833465
  • 200911291521402111370228
  • 200911291521421188291327

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • cyan pixelated text black background
  • dotted lines gray rectangle
  • text phrases love lying tell him maybe
  • blocky font cyan text

Preprocessing Notes

  • No animation observed; all elements static across input frames.

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • provenance era: 2007-2016
  • 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

Visible Text

  • If you asked me if I love
  • I'd lie, but If he asked me
  • I'd tell him (maybe)

Wordwall

  • cyan pixelated text
  • black background
  • dotted lines
  • gray rectangle
  • blocky font
  • text phrases

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200911291520091211833465
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:04 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200911291521402111370228
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:04 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200911291521421188291327
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:04 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.9 KB
Motion
Animated (5 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/4f/4f66739346209ebc2e16b79f2dab014e546aef3afd8572a3598c59b09c69d07a.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 16:04 UTC
Archive ID
4f66739346209ebc
SHA-256
4f66739346209ebc2e16b79f2dab014e546aef3afd8572a3598c59b09c69d07a
Content-safety assessments (3)
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
September 1, 2026 at 15:31 UTC
Run
15972
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.000747

OpenAI category scores

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openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
August 11, 2026 at 07:35 UTC
Run
1281
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.000521

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagself-harm0.000521falseviolence0.000488falseself-harm/intent0.000249falsesexual0.000083falseself-harm/instructions0.000003falseviolence/graphic0.000002falseharassment0.000000falseharassment/threatening0.000000falsehate0.000000falsehate/threatening0.000000falseillicit0.000000falseillicit/violent0.000000falsesexual/minors0.000000false
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 16:19 UTC
Run
1034
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.177844

OpenAI category scores

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Enrichment records (1)
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Pixelated cyan text on black background with dotted lines and a gray rectangle, displaying phrases about love and lying.

Reviewed
August 19, 2026 at 20:49 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
7,116 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,259, response 765

Review tags

  • black (color, 0.80)
  • cyan (color, 0.80)
  • gray (color, 0.80)
  • ambiguous (mood, 0.80)
  • playful (mood, 0.80)
  • blocky font (style, 0.80)
  • low resolution (style, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)

Colors

  • cyan
  • black
  • gray

Composition

  • text arranged in four sections
  • dotted lines as separators
  • solid rectangle in bottom-right corner

Dense Caption

Black background contains cyan pixelated text: top-left "If you asked me if I love", top-right "I'd lie, but If he asked me", center-bottom "I'd tell him (maybe)". Two horizontal dotted lines in cyan appear between sections. A solid gray rectangle occupies the bottom-right corner. Text uses a blocky, low-resolution font style typical of early digital interfaces.

Description

  • Pixelated cyan text on black background with dotted lines and a gray rectangle, displaying phrases about love and lying.

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 collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 200911291520091211833465
  • 200911291521402111370228
  • 200911291521421188291327

Mood

  • ambiguous
  • playful

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • cyan pixelated text black background
  • dotted lines gray rectangle
  • text phrases love lying tell him maybe
  • blocky font cyan text

Preprocessing Notes

  • No animation observed; all elements static across input frames.

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • provenance era: 2007-2016
  • 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

Style

  • pixelated
  • low-resolution
  • blocky font

Visible Text

  • If you asked me if I love
  • I'd lie, but If he asked me
  • I'd tell him (maybe)

Wordwall

  • cyan pixelated text
  • black background
  • dotted lines
  • gray rectangle
  • blocky font
  • text phrases
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Full source records (3)

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
200911291520091211833465
Archive entry
200911291520091211833465.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:04 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#200911291520091211833465.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200911291520091211833465.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
200911291521402111370228
Archive entry
200911291521402111370228.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:04 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#200911291521402111370228.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200911291521402111370228.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
200911291521421188291327
Archive entry
200911291521421188291327.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:04 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#200911291521421188291327.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200911291521421188291327.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016