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Six yellow softball images arranged in a , each with the word "softball" displayed above it in different colors

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Six yellow softball images arranged in a , each with the word "softball" displayed above it in different colors

Six yellow softball images arranged in a , each with the word "softball" displayed above it in different colors. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIcon…

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Style

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • centered softballs
  • text above each object

Dense Caption

The image shows six identical yellow softballs with visible stitching against a dark background. Each softball is positioned in a grid layout: top-left, top-middle, top-right, bottom-left, bottom-middle, and bottom-right. Above each softball, the word "softball" appears in distinct text colors: red (top-left), orange (top-middle), green (top-right), yellow (bottom-left), blue (bottom-middle), and purple (bottom-right). The text has a white outline or border on all sides. Each softball is identical with visible stitching patterns.

Description

  • Six yellow softball images arranged in a , each with the word "softball" displayed above it in different 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: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • yellow softballs with colored text
  • six softball icons
  • text overlay on sports balls
  • stitched yellow balls

Preprocessing Notes

  • quarantined description: Six yellow softball images arranged in a 2x3 grid, each with the word "softball" displayed above it in different colors.
  • quarantined style: grid layout
  • quarantined composition: 2x3 grid
  • quarantined retrieval: grid of stitched yellow balls

Style

  • text overlay

Visible Text

  • softball

Visually Supported Entities

  • softballs

Wordwall

  • six softballs
  • yellow balls
  • stitched texture
  • red "softball"
  • orange "softball"
  • green "softball"
  • yellow "softball"
  • blue "softball"
  • purple "softball"

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200804180818112143455723
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:23 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
9.6 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/ee/eeae82eec09a62f28d79f2e57bd094a686900452b62ead8d7a6043b9d7bb4e4b.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:23 UTC
Archive ID
eeae82eec09a62f2
SHA-256
eeae82eec09a62f28d79f2e57bd094a686900452b62ead8d7a6043b9d7bb4e4b
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Assessed
August 10, 2026 at 03:51 UTC
Run
1278
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.000034

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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 20:01 UTC
Run
1140
Input
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Overall label
sfw
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Six yellow softball images arranged in a , each with the word "softball" displayed above it in different colors

Reviewed
August 5, 2026 at 05:27 UTC
Run
58
Version
v5
Elapsed
15,270 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,166, response 631

Review tags

  • blue (color, 0.80)
  • dark gray (color, 0.80)
  • green (color, 0.80)
  • orange (color, 0.80)
  • purple (color, 0.80)
  • red (color, 0.80)
  • white (color, 0.80)
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  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
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Colors

  • yellow
  • red
  • orange
  • green
  • blue
  • purple
  • white
  • dark gray

Composition

  • centered softballs
  • text above each object

Dense Caption

The image shows six identical yellow softballs with visible stitching against a dark background. Each softball is positioned in a grid layout: top-left, top-middle, top-right, bottom-left, bottom-middle, and bottom-right. Above each softball, the word "softball" appears in distinct text colors: red (top-left), orange (top-middle), green (top-right), yellow (bottom-left), blue (bottom-middle), and purple (bottom-right). The text has a white outline or border on all sides. Each softball is identical with visible stitching patterns.

Description

  • Six yellow softball images arranged in a , each with the word "softball" displayed above it in different 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: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • yellow softballs with colored text
  • six softball icons
  • text overlay on sports balls
  • stitched yellow balls

Objects

  • softballs

Preprocessing Notes

  • quarantined description: Six yellow softball images arranged in a 2x3 grid, each with the word "softball" displayed above it in different colors.
  • quarantined style: grid layout
  • quarantined composition: 2x3 grid
  • quarantined retrieval: grid of stitched yellow balls

Style

  • pixelated
  • text overlay

Subjects

  • softballs

Visible Text

  • softball

Visually Supported Entities

  • softballs

Wordwall

  • six softballs
  • yellow balls
  • stitched texture
  • red "softball"
  • orange "softball"
  • green "softball"
  • yellow "softball"
  • blue "softball"
  • purple "softball"
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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
200804180818112143455723
Archive entry
200804180818112143455723.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:23 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#200804180818112143455723.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200804180818112143455723.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016