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Pixelated image of a person with dark hair and sunglasses on blue background, text reads "Michael Jackson Is Cool But Really Really Gay".

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Pixelated image of a person with dark hair and sunglasses on blue background, text reads "Michael Jackson Is Cool But Really Really Gay".

Pixelated image of a person with dark hair and sunglasses on blue background, text reads "Michael Jackson Is Cool But Really Really Gay". Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from In…

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Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • left portrait, right text
  • text arranged in four sections

Dense Caption

Blue background. Left side: pixelated portrait of a person with long brown hair, black sunglasses, red lips, white collared shirt, and dark jacket. Right side: text in blocky font. Top right: "Michael Jackson". Bottom left: "Is Cool". Bottom right: "But Really Really Gay". All text is black on blue background.

Description

  • Pixelated image of a person with dark hair and sunglasses on blue background, text reads "Michael Jackson Is Cool But Really Really Gay".

Identity Hypotheses

  • Michael Jackson

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: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Named Entities

  • Michael Jackson

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • michael jackson cool really gay
  • blue background michael jackson text
  • pixelated michael jackson sunglasses
  • is cool but really really gay

Visible Text

  • Michael Jackson
  • Is Cool
  • But Really Really Gay

Visually Supported Entities

  • Michael Jackson

Wordwall

  • blue background
  • pixelated portrait
  • long brown hair
  • black sunglasses
  • red lips
  • white collared shirt
  • dark jacket
  • blocky font text
  • Michael Jackson
  • Is Cool
  • But Really Really Gay

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080821054735659674534
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:37 UTC

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GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.7 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 15:37 UTC
Archive ID
645d827309485a29
SHA-256
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Content-safety assessments (2)
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Assessed
August 11, 2026 at 07:18 UTC
Run
1281
Input
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July 23, 2026 at 16:43 UTC
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Pixelated image of a person with dark hair and sunglasses on blue background, text reads "Michael Jackson Is Cool But Really Really Gay".

Reviewed
August 17, 2026 at 20:42 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
14,159 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,112, response 605

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  • white

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  • text arranged in four sections

Dense Caption

Blue background. Left side: pixelated portrait of a person with long brown hair, black sunglasses, red lips, white collared shirt, and dark jacket. Right side: text in blocky font. Top right: "Michael Jackson". Bottom left: "Is Cool". Bottom right: "But Really Really Gay". All text is black on blue background.

Description

  • Pixelated image of a person with dark hair and sunglasses on blue background, text reads "Michael Jackson Is Cool But Really Really Gay".

Identity Hypotheses

  • Michael Jackson

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: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Mood

  • humorous
  • provocative

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  • Michael Jackson

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • michael jackson cool really gay
  • blue background michael jackson text
  • pixelated michael jackson sunglasses
  • is cool but really really gay

Style

  • pixelated
  • blocky font

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  • person with long brown hair
  • black sunglasses
  • white collared shirt
  • dark jacket

Visible Text

  • Michael Jackson
  • Is Cool
  • But Really Really Gay

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  • Michael Jackson

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  • pixelated portrait
  • long brown hair
  • black sunglasses
  • red lips
  • white collared shirt
  • dark jacket
  • blocky font text
  • Michael Jackson
  • Is Cool
  • But Really Really Gay
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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
20080821054735659674534
Archive entry
20080821054735659674534.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:37 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#20080821054735659674534.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080821054735659674534.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016