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A static image with a yellow softball on the left and pink text on a bright pink background.

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A static image with a yellow softball on the left and pink text on a bright pink background.

A static image with a yellow softball on the left and pink text on a bright pink background. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons…

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Depicts

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • left: softball with heart icon
  • right: text on pink background

Dense Caption

The image features a yellow softball with brown stitching and black text reading "Babe Ruth" on the left side. To the right of the softball is a small pink heart icon. The background is bright pink. Yellow pixelated text reads "SFTBL!!! not jus a game" at the top right, "its a lifestyle!!!" at the bottom left, and "either luv or hate it i LUV IT" at the bottom right. The text uses a retro pixel art style.

Description

  • A static image with a yellow softball on the left and pink text on a bright pink background.

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: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • softball babe ruth
  • pink heart icon
  • sftbl not just a game
  • its a lifestyle
  • either luv or hate it
  • i luv it
  • yellow softball brown stitching
  • pixel art pink background

Objects

  • heart icon

Subjects

  • heart icon

Visible Text

  • SFTBL!!! not
  • jus a game
  • its a
  • lifestyle!!!
  • either luv
  • or hate it
  • i LUV IT

Wordwall

  • yellow softball
  • brown stitching
  • black text
  • Babe Ruth
  • pink heart icon
  • bright pink background
  • yellow pixelated text
  • SFTBL!!! not jus a game
  • its a lifestyle!!!
  • either luv or hate it i LUV IT

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200708251023511541760115
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:41 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.4 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/50/50dab3a5f1446cacf0bc5021305df4192730b43661f42dc15355f99a481daa66.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 14:41 UTC
Archive ID
50dab3a5f1446cac
SHA-256
50dab3a5f1446cacf0bc5021305df4192730b43661f42dc15355f99a481daa66
Content-safety assessments (2)
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
August 26, 2026 at 05:11 UTC
Run
1343
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.000870

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagsexual0.000870falseharassment0.000822falsehate0.000130falseself-harm0.000009falseviolence0.000006falseself-harm/intent0.000005falseillicit0.000003falsesexual/minors0.000003falseharassment/threatening0.000002falseviolence/graphic0.000002falseself-harm/instructions0.000001falseillicit/violent0.000001falsehate/threatening0.000001false

Qwen scheduling evidence

Evidence strength is retained for queueing and audit. It does not set the public content-safety verdict.

EvidenceStrengthInputenrichment/ocr/hate-or-harassment1.000000textenrichment/visual/hate-or-harassment0.500000image
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 16:21 UTC
Run
1034
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.122143

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.924430onnx/unsafe0.122143onnx/nsfw0.089486onnx/nsfl0.032656
Enrichment records (2)
wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

A static image with a yellow softball on the left and pink text on a bright pink background.

Reviewed
August 26, 2026 at 05:07 UTC
Run
69
Version
v5
Elapsed
8,665 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,112, response 653

Review tags

  • black (color, 0.80)
  • brown (color, 0.80)
  • pink (color, 0.80)
  • yellow (color, 0.80)
  • enthusiastic (mood, 0.80)
  • playful (mood, 0.80)
  • pixel art (style, 0.80)
  • retro (style, 0.80)
  • heart icon (subject, 0.80)
  • softball (subject, 0.80)

Colors

  • yellow
  • brown
  • black
  • pink

Composition

  • left: softball with heart icon
  • right: text on pink background

Dense Caption

The image features a yellow softball with brown stitching and black text reading "Babe Ruth" on the left side. To the right of the softball is a small pink heart icon. The background is bright pink. Yellow pixelated text reads "SFTBL!!! not jus a game" at the top right, "its a lifestyle!!!" at the bottom left, and "either luv or hate it i LUV IT" at the bottom right. The text uses a retro pixel art style.

Description

  • A static image with a yellow softball on the left and pink text on a bright pink background.

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: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Mood

  • enthusiastic
  • playful

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • softball babe ruth
  • pink heart icon
  • sftbl not just a game
  • its a lifestyle
  • either luv or hate it
  • i luv it
  • yellow softball brown stitching
  • pixel art pink background

Objects

  • softball
  • heart icon

Style

  • pixel art
  • retro

Subjects

  • softball
  • heart icon

Visible Text

  • SFTBL!!! not
  • jus a game
  • its a
  • lifestyle!!!
  • either luv
  • or hate it
  • i LUV IT

Wordwall

  • yellow softball
  • brown stitching
  • black text
  • Babe Ruth
  • pink heart icon
  • bright pink background
  • yellow pixelated text
  • SFTBL!!! not jus a game
  • its a lifestyle!!!
  • either luv or hate it i LUV IT
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wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smarterror
Reviewed
July 27, 2026 at 13:02 UTC
Run
52
Version
v5
Elapsed
0 ms
Error
No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. (127.0.0.1:11435)
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Source semantic tags (2)
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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
200708251023511541760115
Archive entry
200708251023511541760115.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:41 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#200708251023511541760115.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200708251023511541760115.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016