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Pixelated text on a pastel gradient background reads "I proudly support gays..." and "exect Aaron." in black block letters.

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Pixelated text on a pastel gradient background reads "I proudly support gays..." and "exect Aaron." in black block letters.

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Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • two distinct text blocks
  • left-aligned left block
  • right-aligned right block
  • horizontal split by background gradient

Dense Caption

The image displays pixelated text against a soft, light blue-to-pink gradient background. On the left side, three lines of black blocky text read: "I proudly", "support", and "gays...". On the right side, two lines of similar text read: "exect" (with an extra 'e') and "Aaron." with a period. The entire composition uses low-resolution pixel art style typical of early 2000s digital graphics.

Description

  • Pixelated text on a pastel gradient background reads "I proudly support gays..." and "exect Aaron." in black block letters.

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
  • 200711141713172034638606

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • pixelated text gays exect Aaron
  • pastel gradient support gays
  • block letters I proudly support
  • low-resolution digital art Aaron

Visible Text

  • I proudly
  • support
  • gays...
  • exect
  • Aaron.

Wordwall

  • pixelated text
  • pastel gradient background
  • black block letters
  • I proudly support gays...
  • exect Aaron.
  • low-resolution pixel art

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200711141713172034638606
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:57 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.6 KB
Motion
Animated (2 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 14:57 UTC
Archive ID
671b4bfca7bec186
SHA-256
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Content-safety assessments (1)
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 16:45 UTC
Run
1039
Input
image
Preprocessing
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Overall label
sfw
Overall score
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Pixelated text on a pastel gradient background reads "I proudly support gays..." and "exect Aaron." in black block letters.

Reviewed
July 28, 2026 at 18:28 UTC
Run
53
Version
v5
Elapsed
8,809 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,143, response 659

Review tags

  • black (color, 0.80)
  • light blue (color, 0.80)
  • pink (color, 0.80)
  • informal (mood, 0.80)
  • neutral (mood, 0.80)
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Colors

  • light blue
  • pink
  • black

Composition

  • two distinct text blocks
  • left-aligned left block
  • right-aligned right block
  • horizontal split by background gradient

Dense Caption

The image displays pixelated text against a soft, light blue-to-pink gradient background. On the left side, three lines of black blocky text read: "I proudly", "support", and "gays...". On the right side, two lines of similar text read: "exect" (with an extra 'e') and "Aaron." with a period. The entire composition uses low-resolution pixel art style typical of early 2000s digital graphics.

Description

  • Pixelated text on a pastel gradient background reads "I proudly support gays..." and "exect Aaron." in black block letters.

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
  • 200711141713172034638606

Mood

  • neutral
  • informal

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • pixelated text gays exect Aaron
  • pastel gradient support gays
  • block letters I proudly support
  • low-resolution digital art Aaron

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  • pixelated
  • blocky text
  • low-resolution digital art

Visible Text

  • I proudly
  • support
  • gays...
  • exect
  • Aaron.

Wordwall

  • pixelated text
  • pastel gradient background
  • black block letters
  • I proudly support gays...
  • exect Aaron.
  • low-resolution pixel art
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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
200711141713172034638606
Archive entry
200711141713172034638606.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:57 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#200711141713172034638606.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200711141713172034638606.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016