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A pixelated image shows a person holding a black remote control with colored buttons, wearing sunglasses and a dark strap over the shoulder.

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A pixelated image shows a person holding a black remote control with colored buttons, wearing sunglasses and a dark strap over the shoulder.

A pixelated image shows a person holding a black remote control with colored buttons, wearing sunglasses and a dark strap over the shoulder. 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • close-up
  • person holding object
  • indistinct background

Dense Caption

The image is a pixelated close-up of a person holding a black remote control with colored buttons (yellow, blue, green, pink, red, and light blue) in their right hand. The person wears dark sunglasses and a dark strap over their left shoulder. The background is a light-colored wall with indistinct shapes. The image has a low-resolution, blocky appearance typical of early digital photography.

Description

  • A pixelated image shows a person holding a black remote control with colored buttons, wearing sunglasses and a dark strap over the shoulder.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • 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
  • 20090829185826648554223

Metadata Supported By Image

  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • person holding remote control
  • colored buttons remote
  • sunglasses pixelated image
  • dark strap shoulder
  • low-resolution close-up
  • yellow blue green pink red light blue buttons
  • pixelated blocky image
  • remote control with colored buttons

Preprocessing Notes

  • image appears upscaled

Source Metadata Interpretation

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

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  • person
  • remote control
  • colored buttons
  • sunglasses
  • dark strap
  • light wall
  • pixelated
  • blocky
  • low-resolution
  • yellow button
  • blue button
  • green button
  • pink button
  • red button
  • light blue button
  • right hand
  • left shoulder
  • indistinct background
  • close-up

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090829185826648554223
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:02 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
2.5 KB
Motion
Still image
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/c7/c7f8f47d8f53947ae8376eda597732d7be0763489303c1a0d0a846e43fec89cf.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 16:02 UTC
Archive ID
c7f8f47d8f53947a
SHA-256
c7f8f47d8f53947ae8376eda597732d7be0763489303c1a0d0a846e43fec89cf
Content-safety assessments (3)
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
August 23, 2026 at 22:18 UTC
Run
1336
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.000454

OpenAI category scores

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openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
August 6, 2026 at 00:22 UTC
Run
1269
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.010101

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagviolence0.010101falseself-harm0.004684falseself-harm/intent0.000227falseself-harm/instructions0.000212falsesexual0.000072falseviolence/graphic0.000035falseharassment0.000000falseharassment/threatening0.000000falsehate0.000000falsehate/threatening0.000000falseillicit0.000000falseillicit/violent0.000000falsesexual/minors0.000000false
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 19:41 UTC
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1140
Input
image
Preprocessing
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Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.278738

OpenAI category scores

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A pixelated image shows a person holding a black remote control with colored buttons, wearing sunglasses and a dark strap over the shoulder.

Reviewed
August 19, 2026 at 17:14 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
9,452 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,090, response 790

Review tags

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  • blue (color, 0.80)
  • yellow (color, 0.80)
  • neutral (mood, 0.80)
  • dark strap (object, 0.80)
  • remote control (object, 0.80)
  • sunglasses (object, 0.80)
  • blocky (style, 0.80)
  • low resolution (style, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • person (subject, 0.80)

Actions

  • holding

Colors

  • black
  • yellow
  • blue
  • green
  • pink
  • red
  • light blue
  • dark
  • light

Composition

  • close-up
  • person holding object
  • indistinct background

Dense Caption

The image is a pixelated close-up of a person holding a black remote control with colored buttons (yellow, blue, green, pink, red, and light blue) in their right hand. The person wears dark sunglasses and a dark strap over their left shoulder. The background is a light-colored wall with indistinct shapes. The image has a low-resolution, blocky appearance typical of early digital photography.

Description

  • A pixelated image shows a person holding a black remote control with colored buttons, wearing sunglasses and a dark strap over the shoulder.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • 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
  • 20090829185826648554223

Metadata Supported By Image

  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Mood

  • neutral

Non Redundant Search Phrases

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  • colored buttons remote
  • sunglasses pixelated image
  • dark strap shoulder
  • low-resolution close-up
  • yellow blue green pink red light blue buttons
  • pixelated blocky image
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Objects

  • remote control
  • sunglasses
  • dark strap

Preprocessing Notes

  • image appears upscaled

Source Metadata Interpretation

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  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

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Subjects

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  • green button
  • pink button
  • red button
  • light blue button
  • right hand
  • left shoulder
  • indistinct background
  • close-up
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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
20090829185826648554223
Archive entry
20090829185826648554223.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:02 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#20090829185826648554223.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090829185826648554223.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016