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Pixelated figure with sand-like texture on white background, orange text reads "The Rapid Sand Man is out to get you!"

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Pixelated figure with sand-like texture on white background, orange text reads "The Rapid Sand Man is out to get you!"

Pixelated figure with sand-like texture on white background, orange text reads "The Rapid Sand Man is out to get you!". Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Fra…

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Mood

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Source terms

Animation Summary

  • No visible animation changes; static image throughout observations.

Composition

  • left-center figure
  • top-right text
  • left-center text
  • right-center text

Dense Caption

Pixelated figure with brown and tan sand-like texture on white background, positioned left of center. Orange background fills remaining space. Red pixelated text: "The" top-right, "Rapid Sand Man" left-center, "is out to get you!" right-center. Text uses blocky, low-resolution font. Figure appears to be a humanoid shape with arms raised. No visible clothing or facial features. Background is solid orange except for white area behind figure. Text is fully legible. Figure has no discernible motion. No additional objects or symbols present.

Description

  • Pixelated figure with sand-like texture on white background, orange text reads "The Rapid Sand Man is out to get you!"

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
  • 200708122043181675621508
  • Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • aim
  • anime
  • celebrities
  • games
  • holidays
  • humor

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • sand figure rapid sand man
  • rapid sand man is out to get you
  • sand man threat
  • orange background red text
  • pixelated sand figure
  • sand man humanoid
  • is out to get you text
  • rapid sand man text

Visible Text

  • The
  • Rapid Sand Man
  • is out to get you!

Wordwall

  • sand figure
  • white background
  • orange background
  • red text
  • blocky font
  • Rapid Sand Man
  • is out to get you
  • sand texture
  • humanoid shape
  • arms raised

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Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200708122043181675621508
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:38 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.9 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/7c/7cfa5a32280c1ee9b98d006d1aad5b6d216674c6edf3f598701d503d9b636b32.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 14:38 UTC
Archive ID
7cfa5a32280c1ee9
SHA-256
7cfa5a32280c1ee9b98d006d1aad5b6d216674c6edf3f598701d503d9b636b32
Content-safety assessments (3)
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
August 25, 2026 at 22:55 UTC
Run
1343
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.022816

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagviolence0.022816falsesexual0.002750falseharassment0.000629falseself-harm/intent0.000212falseviolence/graphic0.000050falseharassment/threatening0.000034falseself-harm0.000016falsehate0.000010falseillicit0.000008falseillicit/violent0.000006falseself-harm/instructions0.000003falsesexual/minors0.000003falsehate/threatening0.000001false

Qwen scheduling evidence

Evidence strength is retained for queueing and audit. It does not set the public content-safety verdict.

EvidenceStrengthInputenrichment/visual/hate-or-harassment0.500000image
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
August 12, 2026 at 01:19 UTC
Run
1284
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.116401

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagviolence0.116401falseviolence/graphic0.002481falseself-harm0.000573falseself-harm/intent0.000236falseself-harm/instructions0.000219falsesexual0.000128falseharassment0.000000falseharassment/threatening0.000000falsehate0.000000falsehate/threatening0.000000falseillicit0.000000falseillicit/violent0.000000falsesexual/minors0.000000false
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 17:15 UTC
Run
1079
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.169953

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.906815onnx/unsafe0.169953onnx/nsfl0.108607onnx/nsfw0.061346
Enrichment records (2)
wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

Pixelated figure with sand-like texture on white background, orange text reads "The Rapid Sand Man is out to get you!"

Reviewed
August 25, 2026 at 22:49 UTC
Run
69
Version
v5
Elapsed
7,974 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,114, response 676

Review tags

  • brown (color, 0.80)
  • orange (color, 0.80)
  • red (color, 0.80)
  • tan (color, 0.80)
  • white (color, 0.80)
  • threatening (mood, 0.80)
  • blocky (style, 0.80)
  • low resolution (style, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • sand figure (subject, 0.80)

Animation Summary

  • No visible animation changes; static image throughout observations.

Colors

  • brown
  • tan
  • white
  • orange
  • red

Composition

  • left-center figure
  • top-right text
  • left-center text
  • right-center text

Dense Caption

Pixelated figure with brown and tan sand-like texture on white background, positioned left of center. Orange background fills remaining space. Red pixelated text: "The" top-right, "Rapid Sand Man" left-center, "is out to get you!" right-center. Text uses blocky, low-resolution font. Figure appears to be a humanoid shape with arms raised. No visible clothing or facial features. Background is solid orange except for white area behind figure. Text is fully legible. Figure has no discernible motion. No additional objects or symbols present.

Description

  • Pixelated figure with sand-like texture on white background, orange text reads "The Rapid Sand Man is out to get you!"

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

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  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 200708122043181675621508
  • Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • aim
  • anime
  • celebrities
  • games
  • holidays
  • humor

Mood

  • threatening

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • sand figure rapid sand man
  • rapid sand man is out to get you
  • sand man threat
  • orange background red text
  • pixelated sand figure
  • sand man humanoid
  • is out to get you text
  • rapid sand man text

Style

  • pixelated
  • low-resolution
  • blocky

Subjects

  • sand figure

Visible Text

  • The
  • Rapid Sand Man
  • is out to get you!

Wordwall

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  • white background
  • orange background
  • red text
  • blocky font
  • Rapid Sand Man
  • is out to get you
  • sand texture
  • humanoid shape
  • arms raised
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wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smarterror
Reviewed
July 27, 2026 at 11:25 UTC
Run
52
Version
v5
Elapsed
0 ms
Error
No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. (127.0.0.1:11435)
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Source semantic tags (2)
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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
200708122043181675621508
Archive entry
200708122043181675621508.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:38 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#200708122043181675621508.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200708122043181675621508.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016