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Two pixelated figures stand side-by-side with a pink checkered object in the foreground; bright pink text reads 'there so cool' across the upper portion.

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Two pixelated figures stand side-by-side with a pink checkered object in the foreground; bright pink text reads 'there so cool' across the upper portion.

Two pixelated figures stand side-by-side with a pink checkered object in the foreground; bright pink text reads 'there so cool' across the upper portion. 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon…

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Depicts

Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • centered
  • figures side-by-side
  • text upper portion
  • foreground object

Dense Caption

Two pixelated human figures are positioned side-by-side against a light background. The figure on the left wears a white shirt and a brown headband. The figure on the right has long brown hair and wears a white shirt under a pink jacket. A large pink checkered object with a dark handle is in the foreground. Bright pink pixelated text spans the upper portion of the image, reading 'there so cool'. The image uses a low-resolution pixel art style with visible dithering and blocky rendering. The background is a light, slightly textured pattern. The overall composition is centered with the figures and text occupying the middle and upper sections.

Description

Two pixelated figures stand side-by-side with a pink checkered object in the foreground; bright pink text reads 'there so cool' across the upper portion.

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

Metadata Supported By Image

  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • pixel art figures pink text
  • two people pink checkered object
  • there so cool pixel art
  • pink jacket white shirt

Preprocessing Notes

  • image appears upscaled or low-resolution

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

Style

  • dithering

Visible Text

  • there so cool

Wordwall

  • two pixelated figures
  • white shirt
  • brown headband
  • long brown hair
  • pink jacket
  • pink checkered object
  • dark handle
  • bright pink text
  • there so cool
  • low-resolution pixel art
  • light background
  • dithering
  • blocky rendering
  • centered composition

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20070731183121287818092
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:35 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.6 KB
Motion
Still image
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/d1/d172757d0d3905092fc5ba930e0b2680e819d63b10dfc944f3679b565278c68e.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 14:35 UTC
Archive ID
d172757d0d390509
SHA-256
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Content-safety assessments (3)
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Assessed
August 25, 2026 at 17:08 UTC
Run
1343
Input
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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 27, 2026 at 06:05 UTC
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1196
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OpenAI category scores

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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 19:46 UTC
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OpenAI category scores

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wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

Two pixelated figures stand side-by-side with a pink checkered object in the foreground; bright pink text reads 'there so cool' across the upper portion.

Reviewed
August 25, 2026 at 17:03 UTC
Run
69
Version
v5
Elapsed
8,861 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,094, response 835

Review tags

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  • pink (color, 0.80)
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  • low resolution (style, 0.80)
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  • two human figures (subject, 0.80)

Actions

  • standing

Colors

  • pink
  • brown
  • white
  • light background

Composition

  • centered
  • figures side-by-side
  • text upper portion
  • foreground object

Dense Caption

Two pixelated human figures are positioned side-by-side against a light background. The figure on the left wears a white shirt and a brown headband. The figure on the right has long brown hair and wears a white shirt under a pink jacket. A large pink checkered object with a dark handle is in the foreground. Bright pink pixelated text spans the upper portion of the image, reading 'there so cool'. The image uses a low-resolution pixel art style with visible dithering and blocky rendering. The background is a light, slightly textured pattern. The overall composition is centered with the figures and text occupying the middle and upper sections.

Description

Two pixelated figures stand side-by-side with a pink checkered object in the foreground; bright pink text reads 'there so cool' across the upper portion.

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

Metadata Supported By Image

  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Mood

  • playful
  • casual

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • pixel art figures pink text
  • two people pink checkered object
  • there so cool pixel art
  • pink jacket white shirt

Objects

  • pink checkered object
  • dark handle

Preprocessing Notes

  • image appears upscaled or low-resolution

Source Metadata Interpretation

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  • provenance era: 2016
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Subjects

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Visible Text

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Wordwall

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  • pink checkered object
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  • there so cool
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wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smarterror
Reviewed
July 27, 2026 at 09:59 UTC
Run
52
Version
v5
Elapsed
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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
20070731183121287818092
Archive entry
20070731183121287818092.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:35 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#20070731183121287818092.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20070731183121287818092.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016