Red pixel text on black background with white geometric shapes, repeating 'Is this what I get for trying?' in four identical

Permanent icon record

Red pixel text on black background with white geometric shapes, repeating 'Is this what I get for trying?' in four identical

Red pixel text on black background with white geometric shapes, repeating 'Is this what I get for trying?' in four identical. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archi…

A visual description has not been added yet. The archival record below is still available.

Download original

About this icon

Animation Summary

  • No visible motion changes across observations; all maintain identical static content with consistent text and shape placement

Composition

  • four identical
  • symmetrical layout
  • top-right white clusters
  • left-edge white clusters

Dense Caption

Black background contains red pixelated text reading 'Is this what I get for trying?' repeated across four distinct rectangular regions. Each region has a small cluster of white geometric shapes (squares and dots) positioned near the top-right corner, with additional smaller white square-dot clusters scattered around the left edge of each panel. The layout is symmetrical with identical content in all four panels. Text uses uppercase 'I' and lowercase letters for other words. Punctuation includes a question mark at the end of the phrase. White shapes are static across all visible frames.

Description

  • Red pixel text on black background with white geometric shapes, repeating 'Is this what I get for trying?' in four identical

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
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 200710080747052059222379

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • red pixel text black background
  • four identical white shapes
  • question mark punctuation red text

Preprocessing Notes

  • quarantined description: Red pixel text on black background with white geometric shapes, repeating 'Is this what I get for trying?' in four identical panels.
  • quarantined animationSummary: No visible motion changes across observations; all panels maintain identical static content with consistent text and shape placement.
  • quarantined wordwall: four identical panels
  • quarantined composition: four identical panels
  • quarantined retrieval: four identical panels white shapes

Visible Text

  • Is this what I get for trying?

Wordwall

  • red pixel text
  • black background
  • white geometric shapes
  • question mark punctuation
  • four identical
  • symmetrical layout
  • uppercase I
  • lowercase letters

Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200710080747052059222379
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:49 UTC
Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
544 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/e4/e4049d636f1af69972577b2650519879f9f9578e5115b698f5fe4fa87ac3817f.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 14:49 UTC
Archive ID
e4049d636f1af699
SHA-256
e4049d636f1af69972577b2650519879f9f9578e5115b698f5fe4fa87ac3817f
Content-safety assessments (1)
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 19:56 UTC
Run
1140
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.093280

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.910181onnx/unsafe0.093280onnx/nsfl0.051929onnx/nsfw0.041350
Enrichment records (1)
wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

Red pixel text on black background with white geometric shapes, repeating 'Is this what I get for trying?' in four identical

Reviewed
July 28, 2026 at 08:20 UTC
Run
53
Version
v5
Elapsed
6,638 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,114, response 617

Review tags

  • black (color, 0.80)
  • red (color, 0.80)
  • white (color, 0.80)
  • frustrated (mood, 0.80)
  • questioning (mood, 0.80)
  • geometric shapes (object, 0.80)
  • pixel art (style, 0.80)
  • repetitive pattern (style, 0.80)
  • text based (style, 0.80)

Animation Summary

  • No visible motion changes across observations; all maintain identical static content with consistent text and shape placement

Colors

  • red
  • black
  • white

Composition

  • four identical
  • symmetrical layout
  • top-right white clusters
  • left-edge white clusters

Dense Caption

Black background contains red pixelated text reading 'Is this what I get for trying?' repeated across four distinct rectangular regions. Each region has a small cluster of white geometric shapes (squares and dots) positioned near the top-right corner, with additional smaller white square-dot clusters scattered around the left edge of each panel. The layout is symmetrical with identical content in all four panels. Text uses uppercase 'I' and lowercase letters for other words. Punctuation includes a question mark at the end of the phrase. White shapes are static across all visible frames.

Description

  • Red pixel text on black background with white geometric shapes, repeating 'Is this what I get for trying?' in four identical

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
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 200710080747052059222379

Mood

  • questioning
  • frustrated

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • red pixel text black background
  • four identical white shapes
  • question mark punctuation red text

Objects

  • geometric shapes

Preprocessing Notes

  • quarantined description: Red pixel text on black background with white geometric shapes, repeating 'Is this what I get for trying?' in four identical panels.
  • quarantined animationSummary: No visible motion changes across observations; all panels maintain identical static content with consistent text and shape placement.
  • quarantined wordwall: four identical panels
  • quarantined composition: four identical panels
  • quarantined retrieval: four identical panels white shapes

Style

  • pixel art
  • text-based
  • repetitive pattern

Visible Text

  • Is this what I get for trying?

Wordwall

  • red pixel text
  • black background
  • white geometric shapes
  • question mark punctuation
  • four identical
  • symmetrical layout
  • uppercase I
  • lowercase letters
Raw JSON
{
  "inputIndex": 0,
  "sha256": "e4049d636f1af69972577b2650519879f9f9578e5115b698f5fe4fa87ac3817f",
  "description": "Red pixel text on black background with white geometric shapes, repeating \u0027Is this what I get for trying?\u0027 in four identical",
  "denseCaption": "Black background contains red pixelated text reading \u0027Is this what I get for trying?\u0027 repeated across four distinct rectangular regions. Each region has a small cluster of white geometric shapes (squares and dots) positioned near the top-right corner, with additional smaller white square-dot clusters scattered around the left edge of each panel. The layout is symmetrical with identical content in all four panels. Text uses uppercase \u0027I\u0027 and lowercase letters for other words. Punctuation includes a question mark at the end of the phrase. White shapes are static across all visible frames.",
  "wordwall": [
    "red pixel text",
    "black background",
    "white geometric shapes",
    "question mark punctuation",
    "four identical",
    "symmetrical layout",
    "uppercase I",
    "lowercase letters"
  ],
  "visibleText": [
    "Is this what I get for trying?"
  ],
  "uncertainText": [],
  "subjects": [],
  "actions": [],
  "objects": [
    "geometric shapes"
  ],
  "colors": [
    "red",
    "black",
    "white"
  ],
  "style": [
    "pixel art",
    "text-based",
    "repetitive pattern"
  ],
  "composition": [
    "four identical",
    "symmetrical layout",
    "top-right white clusters",
    "left-edge white clusters"
  ],
  "mood": [
    "questioning",
    "frustrated"
  ],
  "animation": [],
  "preprocessingNotes": [
    "quarantined description: Red pixel text on black background with white geometric shapes, repeating \u0027Is this what I get for trying?\u0027 in four identical panels.",
    "quarantined animationSummary: No visible motion changes across observations; all panels maintain identical static content with consistent text and shape placement.",
    "quarantined wordwall: four identical panels",
    "quarantined composition: four identical panels",
    "quarantined retrieval: four identical panels white shapes"
  ],
  "sourceMetadataInterpretation": [],
  "metadataSupportedByImage": [],
  "metadataNotConfirmedByImage": [
    "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"
  ],
  "metadataContradictedByImage": [],
  "visuallySupportedEntities": [],
  "metadataOnlyEntities": [
    "franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016",
    "2007-2016",
    "franksicons",
    "200710080747052059222379"
  ],
  "identityHypotheses": [],
  "namedEntities": [],
  "fandoms": [],
  "animationSummary": "No visible motion changes across observations; all maintain identical static content with consistent text and shape placement",
  "nonRedundantSearchPhrases": [
    "red pixel text black background",
    "four identical white shapes",
    "question mark punctuation red text"
  ],
  "uncertainty": [],
  "aestheticStrengths": [],
  "aestheticWeaknesses": [],
  "tags": [
    {
      "tag": "geometric shapes",
      "category": "object",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: geometric shapes"
    },
    {
      "tag": "pixel art",
      "category": "style",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: pixel art"
    },
    {
      "tag": "text based",
      "category": "style",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: text-based"
    },
    {
      "tag": "repetitive pattern",
      "category": "style",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: repetitive pattern"
    },
    {
      "tag": "questioning",
      "category": "mood",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: questioning"
    },
    {
      "tag": "frustrated",
      "category": "mood",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: frustrated"
    },
    {
      "tag": "red",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: red"
    },
    {
      "tag": "black",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: black"
    },
    {
      "tag": "white",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: white"
    }
  ],
  "rawModelResponse": {
    "icons": [
      {
        "inputIndex": 0,
        "sha256": "e4049d636f1af69972577b2650519879f9f9578e5115b698f5fe4fa87ac3817f",
        "description": "Red pixel text on black background with white geometric shapes, repeating \u0027Is this what I get for trying?\u0027 in four identical panels.",
        "denseCaption": "Black background contains red pixelated text reading \u0027Is this what I get for trying?\u0027 repeated across four distinct rectangular regions. Each region has a small cluster of white geometric shapes (squares and dots) positioned near the top-right corner, with additional smaller white square-dot clusters scattered around the left edge of each panel. The layout is symmetrical with identical content in all four panels. Text uses uppercase \u0027I\u0027 and lowercase letters for other words. Punctuation includes a question mark at the end of the phrase. White shapes are static across all visible frames.",
        "wordwall": [
          "red pixel text",
          "black background",
          "white geometric shapes",
          "question mark punctuation",
          "four identical panels",
          "symmetrical layout",
          "uppercase I",
          "lowercase letters"
        ],
        "visibleText": [
          "Is this what I get for trying?"
        ],
        "uncertainText": [],
        "subjects": [],
        "actions": [],
        "objects": [
          "geometric shapes"
        ],
        "colors": [
          "red",
          "black",
          "white"
        ],
        "style": [
          "pixel art",
          "text-based",
          "repetitive pattern"
        ],
        "composition": [
          "four identical panels",
          "symmetrical layout",
          "top-right white clusters",
          "left-edge white clusters"
        ],
        "mood": [
          "questioning",
          "frustrated"
        ],
        "animation": [],
        "preprocessingNotes": [],
        "sourceMetadataInterpretation": [],
        "metadataSupportedByImage": [],
        "metadataNotConfirmedByImage": [
          "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"
        ],
        "metadataContradictedByImage": [],
        "visuallySupportedEntities": [],
        "metadataOnlyEntities": [
          "franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016",
          "2007-2016",
          "franksicons",
          "200710080747052059222379"
        ],
        "identityHypotheses": [],
        "namedEntities": [],
        "fandoms": [],
        "animationSummary": "No visible motion changes across observations; all panels maintain identical static content with consistent text and shape placement.",
        "nonRedundantSearchPhrases": [
          "red pixel text black background",
          "four identical panels white shapes",
          "question mark punctuation red text"
        ],
        "tags": []
      }
    ]
  }
}
Source semantic tags (2)
TagConf.Evidencefranksicons.com shared buddy icons 2007 20160.65internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016 · typed-source-evidence-v2 · observation · file-name · gallery · observation-download-urlfranksicons.com shared buddy icons 2007 20160.65internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016 · typed-source-evidence-v2 · observation · file-name · gallery · observation-original-url
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
200710080747052059222379
Archive entry
200710080747052059222379.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:49 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