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Pixelated text in cyan and magenta on black background with gray rectangle in bottom-right corner.

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Pixelated text in cyan and magenta on black background with gray rectangle in bottom-right corner.

Pixelated text in cyan and magenta on black background with gray rectangle in bottom-right corner. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy…

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Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • top-left text
  • top-right text
  • bottom-left text
  • bottom-right rectangle

Dense Caption

Black background with cyan text reading "He said, 'I love you.'" in top-left, magenta text reading "I laughed and said," in top-right, and magenta text reading "'Sorry, I'm allergic to bullshit.'" in bottom-left. Gray rectangle occupies bottom-right corner. All text uses pixelated font. Cyan text is 18 pixels tall, magenta text is 20 pixels tall. Cyan text has 1px black outline, magenta text has 1px black outline. Gray rectangle is 25% of image width and height.

Description

  • Pixelated text in cyan and magenta on black background with gray rectangle in bottom-right corner.

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

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • cyan text black background
  • magenta text gray rectangle
  • pixelated text sarcastic
  • allergic to bullshit text
  • text-based icon
  • low-resolution text
  • 2007-2016 buddy icon
  • franksicons.com shared

Preprocessing Notes

  • no animation detected

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • 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

Visible Text

  • He said, 'I love you.'
  • I laughed and said,
  • 'Sorry, I'm allergic to bullshit.'

Wordwall

  • cyan text
  • magenta text
  • pixelated font
  • black background
  • gray rectangle
  • 18px cyan text
  • 20px magenta text
  • 1px black outline
  • 25% gray rectangle

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200906171718351074383869
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:59 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090617171846473047331
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:59 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090617171941489321407
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:59 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
1.9 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/6c/6c33869a173fa26cf215eddd961fce0da87b6b89566ec8c3a34c2b3650f93692.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:59 UTC
Archive ID
6c33869a173fa26c
SHA-256
6c33869a173fa26cf215eddd961fce0da87b6b89566ec8c3a34c2b3650f93692
Content-safety assessments (3)
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
August 19, 2026 at 12:35 UTC
Run
1315
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.020171

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagharassment0.020171falsesexual0.000859falseself-harm0.000464falseself-harm/intent0.000221falsehate0.000128falseviolence0.000019falseharassment/threatening0.000016falseillicit0.000013falseviolence/graphic0.000005falseself-harm/instructions0.000004falsesexual/minors0.000004falseillicit/violent0.000002falsehate/threatening0.000001false
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
July 24, 2026 at 11:29 UTC
Run
1179
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.000882

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagsexual0.000882falseviolence0.000540falseself-harm0.000508falseself-harm/intent0.000241falseself-harm/instructions0.000212falseviolence/graphic0.000013falseharassment0.000000falseharassment/threatening0.000000falsehate0.000000falsehate/threatening0.000000falseillicit0.000000falseillicit/violent0.000000falsesexual/minors0.000000false
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 16:50 UTC
Run
1039
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.812082

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.861418onnx/unsafe0.812082onnx/nsfw0.760870onnx/nsfl0.051212
Enrichment records (1)
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Pixelated text in cyan and magenta on black background with gray rectangle in bottom-right corner.

Reviewed
August 19, 2026 at 12:29 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
8,596 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,196, response 732

Review tags

  • black (color, 0.80)
  • cyan (color, 0.80)
  • gray (color, 0.80)
  • magenta (color, 0.80)
  • defiant (mood, 0.80)
  • sarcastic (mood, 0.80)
  • low resolution (style, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • text based (style, 0.80)

Colors

  • cyan
  • magenta
  • black
  • gray

Composition

  • top-left text
  • top-right text
  • bottom-left text
  • bottom-right rectangle

Dense Caption

Black background with cyan text reading "He said, 'I love you.'" in top-left, magenta text reading "I laughed and said," in top-right, and magenta text reading "'Sorry, I'm allergic to bullshit.'" in bottom-left. Gray rectangle occupies bottom-right corner. All text uses pixelated font. Cyan text is 18 pixels tall, magenta text is 20 pixels tall. Cyan text has 1px black outline, magenta text has 1px black outline. Gray rectangle is 25% of image width and height.

Description

  • Pixelated text in cyan and magenta on black background with gray rectangle in bottom-right corner.

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

Mood

  • sarcastic
  • defiant

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • cyan text black background
  • magenta text gray rectangle
  • pixelated text sarcastic
  • allergic to bullshit text
  • text-based icon
  • low-resolution text
  • 2007-2016 buddy icon
  • franksicons.com shared

Preprocessing Notes

  • no animation detected

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • 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

Style

  • pixelated
  • text-based
  • low-resolution

Visible Text

  • He said, 'I love you.'
  • I laughed and said,
  • 'Sorry, I'm allergic to bullshit.'

Wordwall

  • cyan text
  • magenta text
  • pixelated font
  • black background
  • gray rectangle
  • 18px cyan text
  • 20px magenta text
  • 1px black outline
  • 25% gray rectangle
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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
200906171718351074383869
Archive entry
200906171718351074383869.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:59 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#200906171718351074383869.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200906171718351074383869.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
20090617171846473047331
Archive entry
20090617171846473047331.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:59 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#20090617171846473047331.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090617171846473047331.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
20090617171941489321407
Archive entry
20090617171941489321407.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:59 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#20090617171941489321407.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090617171941489321407.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016