Four identical black squares with yellow borders display "I'M SO OLD SCHOOL!" text and a yellow Pac-Man icon in the bottom-right corner of each square.

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Four identical black squares with yellow borders display "I'M SO OLD SCHOOL!" text and a yellow Pac-Man icon in the bottom-right corner of each square.

Four identical black squares with yellow borders display "I'M SO OLD SCHOOL!" text and a yellow Pac-Man icon in the bottom-right corner of each square. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM budd…

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Animation Summary

  • No visible animation changes; all four squares are identical with consistent text and Pac-Man icon placement.

Composition

  • four identical squares
  • text centered horizontally
  • Pac-Man icon in bottom-right corner
  • text above Pac-Man icon
  • text in three lines

Dense Caption

Four identical black squares with yellow borders contain white pixelated text reading "I'M SO OLD SCHOOL!" in three lines. Each square has a yellow Pac-Man icon in the bottom-right corner. The Pac-Man icon is a yellow circle with a black mouth opening. The text uses a retro pixel font. The background is solid black. The yellow border is a single-pixel line. The squares are arranged in a 2x2 grid. The text and Pac-Man icon are positioned consistently across all four squares. The text is centered horizontally within each square. The Pac-Man icon is positioned in the bottom-right corner of each square. The text is in all capital letters. The exclamation mark is present at the end of the third line. The font is blocky and pixelated, characteristic of early digital displays. The yellow border is uniform across all four squares. The squares are evenly spaced in the grid. The overall style is retro and pixelated, evoking early video game aesthetics. The text is legible and clearly readable. The Pac-Man icon is a recognizable symbol from the classic arcade game. The color scheme is limited to black, white, and yellow. The text is positioned above the Pac-Man icon in each square. The Pac-Man icon is slightly smaller than the text. The text occupies the upper portion of each square. The Pac-Man icon is positioned below and to the right of the text. The text is aligned to the left within the square. The Pac-Man icon is aligned to the bottom-right corner of the square. The text is in a single block. The Pac-Man icon is a single graphic element. The text is in three lines. The first line is "I'M SO". The second line is "OLD". The third line is "SCHOOL!". The text is centered within the square. The Pac-Man icon is positioned in the bottom-right corner of the square. The text is in a

Description

Four identical black squares with yellow borders display "I'M SO OLD SCHOOL!" text and a yellow Pac-Man icon in the bottom-right corner of each square.

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: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • "I'M SO OLD SCHOOL!" text
  • Pac-Man icon
  • retro pixel font
  • black background yellow border
  • squares
  • "I'M SO" "OLD" "SCHOOL!"
  • yellow circle with black mouth
  • all capital letters exclamation mark

Preprocessing Notes

  • All four squares are identical; no visible animation changes between observations.
  • quarantined wordwall: 2x2 grid
  • quarantined composition: 2x2 grid
  • quarantined retrieval: 2x2 grid of squares

Visible Text

  • I'M SO
  • OLD
  • SCHOOL!

Wordwall

  • black background
  • yellow border
  • white pixelated text
  • "I'M SO OLD SCHOOL!"
  • Pac-Man icon
  • retro pixel font
  • all capital letters
  • exclamation mark
  • four identical squares
  • yellow circle with black mouth
  • blocky text
  • solid black background
  • single-pixel yellow border
  • text centered horizontally
  • Pac-Man in bottom-right corner
  • text above Pac-Man icon
  • Pac-Man icon below text
  • text in three lines
  • "I'M SO" line
  • "OLD" line
  • "SCHOOL!" line
  • text aligned left
  • Pac-Man aligned bottom-right
  • text occupies upper portion
  • Pac-Man positioned bottom-right
  • text is legible
  • Pac-Man is recognizable symbol
  • color scheme: black white yellow
  • text is blocky
  • Pac-Man icon is single element
  • text is in all caps
  • Pac-Man mouth opening
  • text is centered vertically
  • Pac-Man icon is small
  • text is large
  • Pac-Man icon is yellow
  • text is white
  • Pac-Man icon is circular
  • text is pixelated

Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200806120511241663846341
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:29 UTC
Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
362 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/9f/9f634d4e9ce951787fc1790a0fc85174993e7bfda728f4dbe0f2c54999f55d6a.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:29 UTC
Archive ID
9f634d4e9ce95178
SHA-256
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Content-safety assessments (1)
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 19:17 UTC
Run
1135
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.076570

OpenAI category scores

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Four identical black squares with yellow borders display "I'M SO OLD SCHOOL!" text and a yellow Pac-Man icon in the bottom-right corner of each square.

Reviewed
August 17, 2026 at 05:18 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
11,353 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,112, response 1,119

Review tags

  • black (color, 0.80)
  • white (color, 0.80)
  • yellow (color, 0.80)
  • humorous (mood, 0.80)
  • nostalgic (mood, 0.80)
  • blocky (style, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • retro (style, 0.80)

Animation Summary

  • No visible animation changes; all four squares are identical with consistent text and Pac-Man icon placement.

Colors

  • black
  • white
  • yellow

Composition

  • four identical squares
  • text centered horizontally
  • Pac-Man icon in bottom-right corner
  • text above Pac-Man icon
  • text in three lines

Dense Caption

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Description

Four identical black squares with yellow borders display "I'M SO OLD SCHOOL!" text and a yellow Pac-Man icon in the bottom-right corner of each square.

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: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Mood

  • nostalgic
  • humorous

Non Redundant Search Phrases

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  • Pac-Man icon
  • retro pixel font
  • black background yellow border
  • squares
  • "I'M SO" "OLD" "SCHOOL!"
  • yellow circle with black mouth
  • all capital letters exclamation mark

Preprocessing Notes

  • All four squares are identical; no visible animation changes between observations.
  • quarantined wordwall: 2x2 grid
  • quarantined composition: 2x2 grid
  • quarantined retrieval: 2x2 grid of squares

Style

  • retro
  • pixelated
  • blocky

Visible Text

  • I'M SO
  • OLD
  • SCHOOL!

Wordwall

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  • yellow border
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  • "I'M SO OLD SCHOOL!"
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  • yellow circle with black mouth
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  • solid black background
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  • text centered horizontally
  • Pac-Man in bottom-right corner
  • text above Pac-Man icon
  • Pac-Man icon below text
  • text in three lines
  • "I'M SO" line
  • "OLD" line
  • "SCHOOL!" line
  • text aligned left
  • Pac-Man aligned bottom-right
  • text occupies upper portion
  • Pac-Man positioned bottom-right
  • text is legible
  • Pac-Man is recognizable symbol
  • color scheme: black white yellow
  • text is blocky
  • Pac-Man icon is single element
  • text is in all caps
  • Pac-Man mouth opening
  • text is centered vertically
  • Pac-Man icon is small
  • text is large
  • Pac-Man icon is yellow
  • text is white
  • Pac-Man icon is circular
  • text is pixelated
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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
200806120511241663846341
Archive entry
200806120511241663846341.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:29 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