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A static image with pixelated text over a blurred background of red and white shapes.

A static image with pixelated text over a blurred background of red and white shapes. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons…, Late…

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Mood

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Source terms

Composition

  • four text blocks
  • top-left, top-right, bottom-left layout
  • solid gray rectangle on right

Dense Caption

The image displays four blocks of pixelated black-and-white text on a blurred background featuring red and white abstract shapes. The top-left block reads "i make yu laf wen yr bout 2 cry. i kno yr"; the top-right block reads "fav songs. yu tel me bout yr dreams."; the bottom-left block reads "i kno wer yu belong ...with me <max3"; and the bottom-right section is a solid gray rectangle. Text uses a bold, pixelated font with black outlines on white letters.

Description

  • A static image with pixelated text over a blurred background of red and white shapes.

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
  • 200908201705341843774674

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • pixelated text buddy icon
  • red white background gray rectangle
  • i make yu laf wen yr bout 2 cry
  • <max3 text

Visible Text

  • i make yu laf wen yr bout 2 cry. i kno yr
  • fav songs. yu tel me bout yr dreams.
  • i kno wer yu belong ...with me <max3

Wordwall

  • pixelated text
  • black-and-white lettering
  • red and white background shapes
  • solid gray rectangle
  • bold outline font

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200908201705341843774674
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:01 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
4.8 KB
Motion
Animated (3 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 16:01 UTC
Archive ID
5a64fcc0e0c08c77
SHA-256
5a64fcc0e0c08c775ef099399a5845b3fca2c04f0f82bf7090e5ab551ba4c07a
Content-safety assessments (2)
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
August 18, 2026 at 11:58 UTC
Run
1312
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.001293

OpenAI category scores

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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 16:33 UTC
Run
1039
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Overall label
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Overall score
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A static image with pixelated text over a blurred background of red and white shapes.

Reviewed
August 19, 2026 at 16:47 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
6,923 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,112, response 670

Review tags

  • black (color, 0.80)
  • gray (color, 0.80)
  • red (color, 0.80)
  • white (color, 0.80)
  • intimate (mood, 0.80)
  • nostalgic (mood, 0.80)
  • playful (mood, 0.80)
  • low resolution (style, 0.80)
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  • text heavy (style, 0.80)

Colors

  • red
  • white
  • black
  • gray

Composition

  • four text blocks
  • top-left, top-right, bottom-left layout
  • solid gray rectangle on right

Dense Caption

The image displays four blocks of pixelated black-and-white text on a blurred background featuring red and white abstract shapes. The top-left block reads "i make yu laf wen yr bout 2 cry. i kno yr"; the top-right block reads "fav songs. yu tel me bout yr dreams."; the bottom-left block reads "i kno wer yu belong ...with me <max3"; and the bottom-right section is a solid gray rectangle. Text uses a bold, pixelated font with black outlines on white letters.

Description

  • A static image with pixelated text over a blurred background of red and white shapes.

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
  • 200908201705341843774674

Mood

  • intimate
  • playful
  • nostalgic

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • pixelated text buddy icon
  • red white background gray rectangle
  • i make yu laf wen yr bout 2 cry
  • <max3 text

Style

  • pixelated
  • text-heavy
  • low-resolution

Visible Text

  • i make yu laf wen yr bout 2 cry. i kno yr
  • fav songs. yu tel me bout yr dreams.
  • i kno wer yu belong ...with me <max3

Wordwall

  • pixelated text
  • black-and-white lettering
  • red and white background shapes
  • solid gray rectangle
  • bold outline font
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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
200908201705341843774674
Archive entry
200908201705341843774674.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:01 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#200908201705341843774674.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200908201705341843774674.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016