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Yellow pixelated text on black background with white cursor-like shape, repeated across multiple lines.

Yellow pixelated text on black background with white cursor-like shape, repeated across multiple lines. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared…

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Depicts

Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Animation

  • static

Animation Summary

  • static image with repeated text and cursor shape

Composition

  • text lines stacked vertically
  • repeated text across image
  • cursor shape positioned over text

Dense Caption

Yellow pixelated text on black background reads "b'cuz u l" followed by "b'cuz u live", "my world", "has twice as", "many stars", "in the sky" across multiple lines. A white cursor-like shape appears over the 'l' in "b'cuz u l". The text repeats across the image with slight variations in spacing and alignment. The image has a low-resolution, retro digital appearance with visible pixelation.

Description

  • Yellow pixelated text on black background with white cursor-like shape, repeated across multiple lines.

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

Metadata Supported By Image

  • no metadata-supported claims

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • yellow pixelated text black background
  • b'cuz u live my world
  • many stars in the sky
  • repeated text lines
  • cursor shape over text
  • retro digital appearance
  • low-resolution text
  • text repeats with spacing variations

Preprocessing Notes

  • no preprocessed features detected

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • no source metadata interpretation applied

Visible Text

  • b'cuz u l
  • b'cuz u live
  • my world
  • has twice as
  • many stars
  • in the sky

Wordwall

  • yellow pixelated text
  • black background
  • white cursor shape
  • repeated text lines
  • retro digital appearance
  • low-resolution
  • text repeats
  • spacing variations
  • alignment differences
  • "b'cuz u l"
  • "b'cuz u live"
  • "my world"
  • "has twice as"
  • "many stars"
  • "in the sky"

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Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200911021817321382011174
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:03 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.7 KB
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/de/de41851e81d385625876cc105a354712a31ab2d38487bc2bd388f1e73cb505cd.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 16:03 UTC
Archive ID
de41851e81d38562
SHA-256
de41851e81d385625876cc105a354712a31ab2d38487bc2bd388f1e73cb505cd
Content-safety assessments (3)
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
September 2, 2026 at 05:31 UTC
Run
15977
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.000050

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagsexual0.000050falseharassment0.000042falseself-harm0.000009falsehate0.000005falseviolence0.000004falseself-harm/intent0.000004falseviolence/graphic0.000003falseillicit0.000003falseharassment/threatening0.000002falsesexual/minors0.000001falseself-harm/instructions0.000001falseillicit/violent0.000000falsehate/threatening0.000000false
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
August 12, 2026 at 06:57 UTC
Run
1284
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.000568

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagviolence0.000568falseself-harm0.000481falseself-harm/intent0.000223falsesexual0.000028falseviolence/graphic0.000011falseself-harm/instructions0.000003falseharassment0.000000falseharassment/threatening0.000000falsehate0.000000falsehate/threatening0.000000falseillicit0.000000falseillicit/violent0.000000falsesexual/minors0.000000false
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 19:53 UTC
Run
1140
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.167698

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.861156onnx/unsafe0.167698onnx/nsfw0.136097onnx/nsfl0.031601
Enrichment records (1)
wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

Yellow pixelated text on black background with white cursor-like shape, repeated across multiple lines.

Reviewed
August 19, 2026 at 19:42 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
9,567 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,145, response 749

Review tags

  • repeating (action, 0.80)
  • black (color, 0.80)
  • white (color, 0.80)
  • yellow (color, 0.80)
  • digital (mood, 0.80)
  • nostalgic (mood, 0.80)
  • text lines (object, 0.80)
  • low resolution (style, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • retro digital (style, 0.80)
  • cursor shape (subject, 0.80)
  • text (subject, 0.80)

Actions

  • repeating

Animation

  • static

Animation Summary

  • static image with repeated text and cursor shape

Colors

  • yellow
  • black
  • white

Composition

  • text lines stacked vertically
  • repeated text across image
  • cursor shape positioned over text

Dense Caption

Yellow pixelated text on black background reads "b'cuz u l" followed by "b'cuz u live", "my world", "has twice as", "many stars", "in the sky" across multiple lines. A white cursor-like shape appears over the 'l' in "b'cuz u l". The text repeats across the image with slight variations in spacing and alignment. The image has a low-resolution, retro digital appearance with visible pixelation.

Description

  • Yellow pixelated text on black background with white cursor-like shape, repeated across multiple lines.

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

Metadata Supported By Image

  • no metadata-supported claims

Mood

  • nostalgic
  • digital

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • yellow pixelated text black background
  • b'cuz u live my world
  • many stars in the sky
  • repeated text lines
  • cursor shape over text
  • retro digital appearance
  • low-resolution text
  • text repeats with spacing variations

Objects

  • text lines
  • cursor shape

Preprocessing Notes

  • no preprocessed features detected

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • no source metadata interpretation applied

Style

  • pixelated
  • retro digital
  • low-resolution

Subjects

  • text
  • cursor shape

Visible Text

  • b'cuz u l
  • b'cuz u live
  • my world
  • has twice as
  • many stars
  • in the sky

Wordwall

  • yellow pixelated text
  • black background
  • white cursor shape
  • repeated text lines
  • retro digital appearance
  • low-resolution
  • text repeats
  • spacing variations
  • alignment differences
  • "b'cuz u l"
  • "b'cuz u live"
  • "my world"
  • "has twice as"
  • "many stars"
  • "in the sky"
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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
200911021817321382011174
Archive entry
200911021817321382011174.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:03 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#200911021817321382011174.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200911021817321382011174.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016