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A static image with orange text reading "a simple smile can hide 1000 tears" and a star symbol, displayed on two background colors.

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A static image with orange text reading "a simple smile can hide 1000 tears" and a star symbol, displayed on two background colors.

A static image with orange text reading "a simple smile can hide 1000 tears" and a star symbol, displayed on two background colors. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet…

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Depicts

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • two vertical sections on right
  • two quadrants left with stars

Dense Caption

The image displays the phrase "a simple smile can hide 1000 tears" in orange pixelated font across four quadrants. The top-left quadrant has a purple background with a green star; the bottom-left has a bright green background with a purple star. The right side shows two identical vertical sections on a teal background, each containing the same text without stars. All text is rendered in an 8-bit style.

Description

  • A static image with orange text reading "a simple smile can hide 1000 tears" and a star symbol, displayed on two background colors.

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
  • 200808092358451480456678

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • "a simple smile can hide 1000 tears" pixel art
  • orange text green star purple background
  • teal background no stars
  • 8-bit style text

Visible Text

  • a simple smile can hide 1000 tears

Wordwall

  • orange pixelated font
  • purple background top-left
  • green background bottom-left
  • teal background right
  • green star top-left
  • purple star bottom-left
  • "a simple smile can hide 1000 tears" text

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200808092358451480456678
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:36 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.4 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
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Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:36 UTC
Archive ID
b1fb523be509cf97
SHA-256
b1fb523be509cf97cf41d1896e0884e795c0cb926de3e941cdfcf5bff9750d42
Content-safety assessments (3)
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Assessed
August 31, 2026 at 01:16 UTC
Run
15969
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.000213

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Assessed
August 8, 2026 at 18:48 UTC
Run
1275
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Preprocessing
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Overall label
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Overall score
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OpenAI category scores

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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 19:28 UTC
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1136
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A static image with orange text reading "a simple smile can hide 1000 tears" and a star symbol, displayed on two background colors.

Reviewed
August 17, 2026 at 17:33 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
14,120 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,107, response 652

Review tags

  • green (color, 0.80)
  • orange (color, 0.80)
  • purple (color, 0.80)
  • teal (color, 0.80)
  • melancholic (mood, 0.80)
  • nostalgic (mood, 0.80)
  • stars (object, 0.80)
  • 8 bit pixel art (style, 0.80)
  • static image (style, 0.80)
  • star symbols (subject, 0.80)
  • text (subject, 0.80)

Colors

  • orange
  • purple
  • green
  • teal

Composition

  • two vertical sections on right
  • two quadrants left with stars

Dense Caption

The image displays the phrase "a simple smile can hide 1000 tears" in orange pixelated font across four quadrants. The top-left quadrant has a purple background with a green star; the bottom-left has a bright green background with a purple star. The right side shows two identical vertical sections on a teal background, each containing the same text without stars. All text is rendered in an 8-bit style.

Description

  • A static image with orange text reading "a simple smile can hide 1000 tears" and a star symbol, displayed on two background colors.

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
  • 200808092358451480456678

Mood

  • melancholic
  • nostalgic

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • "a simple smile can hide 1000 tears" pixel art
  • orange text green star purple background
  • teal background no stars
  • 8-bit style text

Objects

  • stars

Style

  • 8-bit pixel art
  • static image

Subjects

  • text
  • star symbols

Visible Text

  • a simple smile can hide 1000 tears

Wordwall

  • orange pixelated font
  • purple background top-left
  • green background bottom-left
  • teal background right
  • green star top-left
  • purple star bottom-left
  • "a simple smile can hide 1000 tears" text
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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
200808092358451480456678
Archive entry
200808092358451480456678.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:36 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#200808092358451480456678.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200808092358451480456678.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016