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Pixelated cartoon figure with white head and colored shirt in , each labeled with color name below

Pixelated cartoon figure with white head and colored shirt in , each labeled with color name below. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Wayback Ballericons Native Icon-Path GIF…

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Depicts

Action

Style

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • three of three figures each
  • centered text labels below figures

Dense Caption

Nine pixel-art figures arranged in three rows on gray background. Each has white circular head and outstretched arms; shirts are solid colors: top row orange, green, yellow; middle row purple, dark purple, brown; bottom row pink, light yellow. Text labels beneath each read "Red Buddy," "Green Buddy," "Yellow Buddy," "Blue Buddy," "Purple Buddy," "Brown Buddy," "Pink Buddy," "A Buddy," and "Racism is BullShit."

Description

  • Pixelated cartoon figure with white head and colored shirt in , each labeled with color name below

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • collection identity (curated-homogeneous; search): ballericons
  • observation alt-text (curated-homogeneous): 10884
  • observation alt-text (curated-homogeneous): 25843
  • observation alt-text (curated-homogeneous): 33565
  • provenance era: 2002
  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance source-name: Wayback Ballericons Native Icon-Path GIFs
  • provenance collection-attribute: 2000s
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: attitude
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • buddy icons with color names
  • cartoon figures with text labels
  • Racism is BullShit buddy icon
  • nine pixel art figures

Preprocessing Notes

  • quarantined description: Pixelated cartoon figure with white head and colored shirt in grid layout, each labeled with color name below.
  • quarantined wordwall: bottom row: pink, light yellow
  • quarantined wordwall: middle row: blue, purple, brown
  • quarantined wordwall: top row: orange, green, yellow
  • quarantined style: grid layout
  • quarantined composition: three rows of three figures each
  • quarantined retrieval: nine pixel art figures grid

Subjects

  • cartoon figure

Visible Text

  • Red Buddy
  • Green Buddy
  • Yellow Buddy
  • Blue Buddy
  • Purple Buddy
  • Brown Buddy
  • Pink Buddy
  • A Buddy
  • Racism is BullShit

Visually Supported Entities

  • Racism is BullShit

Wordwall

  • white head
  • outstretched arms
  • gray background
  • solid-colored shirts
  • text labels below figures
  • nine figures total
  • top : orange, green, yellow
  • middle : blue, purple, brown
  • bottom : pink, light yellow
  • "Racism is BullShit" text

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Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 13, 2026

Wayback Ballericons Native Icon-Path GIFs

Source title
10884
Category
icon
Era
Early-to-Mid-2000s Mainstream AIM Portal
Observed
July 13, 2026 at 01:31 UTC

Original record Source download

Wayback Ballericons Native Icon-Path GIFs

Source title
25843
Category
icon
Era
Early-to-Mid-2000s Mainstream AIM Portal
Observed
July 13, 2026 at 05:26 UTC

Original record Source download

Wayback Ballericons Native Icon-Path GIFs

Source title
33565
Category
icon
Era
Early-to-Mid-2000s Mainstream AIM Portal
Observed
July 13, 2026 at 06:06 UTC

Original record Source download

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
2.8 KB
Motion
Animated (9 frames)
Added to archive
July 13, 2026
Relative path
icons/71/715f8e8da62b41d071c39149bfd86fdc787308968145e03ee471a345f4f34a85.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 13, 2026 at 01:31 UTC
Archive ID
715f8e8da62b41d0
SHA-256
715f8e8da62b41d071c39149bfd86fdc787308968145e03ee471a345f4f34a85
Content-safety assessments (3)
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
August 20, 2026 at 05:01 UTC
Run
1315
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.019961

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagharassment0.019961falsehate0.007888falsesexual0.000077falseillicit0.000007falseharassment/threatening0.000006falseviolence0.000005falseself-harm0.000004falseself-harm/intent0.000003falseviolence/graphic0.000003falsehate/threatening0.000002falseself-harm/instructions0.000001falseillicit/violent0.000001falsesexual/minors0.000001false

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
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
August 10, 2026 at 08:40 UTC
Run
1281
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.000560

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagviolence0.000560falseself-harm0.000454falseself-harm/intent0.000215falseself-harm/instructions0.000213falsesexual0.000124falseviolence/graphic0.000016falseharassment0.000000falseharassment/threatening0.000000falsehate0.000000falsehate/threatening0.000000falseillicit0.000000falseillicit/violent0.000000falsesexual/minors0.000000false
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 16:55 UTC
Run
1039
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.091321

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.931793onnx/unsafe0.091321onnx/nsfw0.055314onnx/nsfl0.036007
Enrichment records (1)
wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

Pixelated cartoon figure with white head and colored shirt in , each labeled with color name below

Reviewed
August 20, 2026 at 04:58 UTC
Run
62
Version
v5
Elapsed
6,896 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,094, response 729

Review tags

  • outstretched arms (action, 0.80)
  • brown (color, 0.80)
  • gray (color, 0.80)
  • green (color, 0.80)
  • orange (color, 0.80)
  • pink (color, 0.80)
  • purple (color, 0.80)
  • white (color, 0.80)
  • yellow (color, 0.80)
  • low resolution (style, 0.80)
  • pixel art (style, 0.80)
  • cartoon figure (subject, 0.80)

Actions

  • outstretched arms

Colors

  • white
  • gray
  • orange
  • green
  • yellow
  • purple
  • brown
  • pink

Composition

  • three of three figures each
  • centered text labels below figures

Dense Caption

Nine pixel-art figures arranged in three rows on gray background. Each has white circular head and outstretched arms; shirts are solid colors: top row orange, green, yellow; middle row purple, dark purple, brown; bottom row pink, light yellow. Text labels beneath each read "Red Buddy," "Green Buddy," "Yellow Buddy," "Blue Buddy," "Purple Buddy," "Brown Buddy," "Pink Buddy," "A Buddy," and "Racism is BullShit."

Description

  • Pixelated cartoon figure with white head and colored shirt in , each labeled with color name below

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • collection identity (curated-homogeneous; search): ballericons
  • observation alt-text (curated-homogeneous): 10884
  • observation alt-text (curated-homogeneous): 25843
  • observation alt-text (curated-homogeneous): 33565
  • provenance era: 2002
  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance source-name: Wayback Ballericons Native Icon-Path GIFs
  • provenance collection-attribute: 2000s
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: attitude
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • buddy icons with color names
  • cartoon figures with text labels
  • Racism is BullShit buddy icon
  • nine pixel art figures

Preprocessing Notes

  • quarantined description: Pixelated cartoon figure with white head and colored shirt in grid layout, each labeled with color name below.
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  • quarantined wordwall: middle row: blue, purple, brown
  • quarantined wordwall: top row: orange, green, yellow
  • quarantined style: grid layout
  • quarantined composition: three rows of three figures each
  • quarantined retrieval: nine pixel art figures grid

Style

  • pixel art
  • low-resolution

Subjects

  • cartoon figure

Visible Text

  • Red Buddy
  • Green Buddy
  • Yellow Buddy
  • Blue Buddy
  • Purple Buddy
  • Brown Buddy
  • Pink Buddy
  • A Buddy
  • Racism is BullShit

Visually Supported Entities

  • Racism is BullShit

Wordwall

  • white head
  • outstretched arms
  • gray background
  • solid-colored shirts
  • text labels below figures
  • nine figures total
  • top : orange, green, yellow
  • middle : blue, purple, brown
  • bottom : pink, light yellow
  • "Racism is BullShit" text
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Full source records (3)

Wayback Ballericons Native Icon-Path GIFs (wayback-ballericons-icon-path-gifs)

Kind
wayback-cdx
Era
Early-to-Mid-2000s Mainstream AIM Portal
Type
Wayback direct native asset enumeration from the portal's primary /icon/ namespace
Category
icon
Alt
10884
Observed
July 13, 2026 at 01:31 UTC
Rights
mixed portal and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
large humor, attitude, college, celebrity, video-game, holiday, and sports buddy-icon portal

Original: http://www.ballericons.com/icon/10884.gif Download: https://web.archive.org/web/20010603051206id_/http://www.ballericons.com:80/icon/10884.gif

Wayback Ballericons Native Icon-Path GIFs (wayback-ballericons-icon-path-gifs)

Kind
wayback-cdx
Era
Early-to-Mid-2000s Mainstream AIM Portal
Type
Wayback direct native asset enumeration from the portal's primary /icon/ namespace
Category
icon
Alt
25843
Observed
July 13, 2026 at 05:26 UTC
Rights
mixed portal and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
large humor, attitude, college, celebrity, video-game, holiday, and sports buddy-icon portal

Original: http://ballericons.com/icon/25843.gif Download: https://web.archive.org/web/20010806141726id_/http://ballericons.com:80/icon/25843.gif

Wayback Ballericons Native Icon-Path GIFs (wayback-ballericons-icon-path-gifs)

Kind
wayback-cdx
Era
Early-to-Mid-2000s Mainstream AIM Portal
Type
Wayback direct native asset enumeration from the portal's primary /icon/ namespace
Category
icon
Alt
33565
Observed
July 13, 2026 at 06:06 UTC
Rights
mixed portal and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
large humor, attitude, college, celebrity, video-game, holiday, and sports buddy-icon portal

Original: http://ballericons.com/icon/33565.gif Download: https://web.archive.org/web/20020106064840id_/http://ballericons.com:80/icon/33565.gif