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A pixelated image split into two sections: a person's face on the left and green background with text on the right.

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A pixelated image split into two sections: a person's face on the left and green background with text on the right.

A pixelated image split into two sections: a person's face on the left and green background with text on the right. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksI…

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Depicts

Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • split left-right
  • face on left
  • text on right

Dense Caption

Left section shows a close-up of a person's face with light brown hair, visible eyes, nose, mouth showing teeth in an open expression. Right section has solid bright green background with white rectangular blocks containing black pixelated text: 'DON'T BE A' on top line and 'BEAST' below. Text uses blocky font style with some pixels missing or distorted. Image is low-resolution with heavy pixelation throughout.

Description

  • A pixelated image split into two sections: a person's face on the left and green background with text on the right.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • green background text don't be a beast
  • pixelated face green text
  • blocky font don't be a beast

Preprocessing Notes

  • image appears upscaled or low-quality from original source

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • provenance era: 2007-2016
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Visible Text

  • DON'T BE A
  • BEAST

Visually Supported Entities

  • person

Wordwall

  • green background
  • pixelated face
  • text 'DON'T BE A'
  • text 'BEAST'
  • blocky font
  • light brown hair
  • open mouth showing teeth

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Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200803261606231405296879
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:20 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.8 KB
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/82/82d24aaf7e25131510d01c869610eb85b213757fe54a7f3961699db35bc9f0ba.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:20 UTC
Archive ID
82d24aaf7e251315
SHA-256
82d24aaf7e25131510d01c869610eb85b213757fe54a7f3961699db35bc9f0ba
Content-safety assessments (2)
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
August 7, 2026 at 19:07 UTC
Run
1272
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.006087

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagharassment0.006087falseviolence0.000558falseself-harm/intent0.000214falseviolence/graphic0.000034falseharassment/threatening0.000017falsesexual0.000014falsehate0.000013falseself-harm0.000011falseillicit0.000007falseself-harm/instructions0.000002falseillicit/violent0.000001falsesexual/minors0.000000falsehate/threatening0.000000false
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 17:28 UTC
Run
1107
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.197044

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.911804onnx/unsafe0.197044onnx/nsfw0.144528onnx/nsfl0.052517
Enrichment records (1)
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A pixelated image split into two sections: a person's face on the left and green background with text on the right.

Reviewed
August 4, 2026 at 20:16 UTC
Run
58
Version
v5
Elapsed
4,376 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,147, response 578

Review tags

  • open mouth (action, 0.80)
  • black (color, 0.80)
  • green (color, 0.80)
  • light brown (color, 0.80)
  • skin tone (color, 0.80)
  • white (color, 0.80)
  • humorous (mood, 0.80)
  • playful (mood, 0.80)
  • blocky text (style, 0.80)
  • low resolution (style, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • person (subject, 0.80)

Actions

  • open mouth

Colors

  • green
  • white
  • black
  • light brown
  • skin tone

Composition

  • split left-right
  • face on left
  • text on right

Dense Caption

Left section shows a close-up of a person's face with light brown hair, visible eyes, nose, mouth showing teeth in an open expression. Right section has solid bright green background with white rectangular blocks containing black pixelated text: 'DON'T BE A' on top line and 'BEAST' below. Text uses blocky font style with some pixels missing or distorted. Image is low-resolution with heavy pixelation throughout.

Description

  • A pixelated image split into two sections: a person's face on the left and green background with text on the right.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive

Mood

  • humorous
  • playful

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • green background text don't be a beast
  • pixelated face green text
  • blocky font don't be a beast

Preprocessing Notes

  • image appears upscaled or low-quality from original source

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • provenance era: 2007-2016
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Style

  • pixelated
  • low-resolution
  • blocky text

Subjects

  • person

Visible Text

  • DON'T BE A
  • BEAST

Visually Supported Entities

  • person

Wordwall

  • green background
  • pixelated face
  • text 'DON'T BE A'
  • text 'BEAST'
  • blocky font
  • light brown hair
  • open mouth showing teeth
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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
200803261606231405296879
Archive entry
200803261606231405296879.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:20 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#200803261606231405296879.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200803261606231405296879.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016