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Pixelated text and background patterns alternate between two distinct states in a repeating sequence.

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Pixelated text and background patterns alternate between two distinct states in a repeating sequence.

Pixelated text and background patterns alternate between two distinct states in a repeating sequence. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Bu…

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Mood

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Source terms

Animation Summary

  • Background pattern alternates between checkerboard and diamond shapes while text remains static.

Composition

  • four

Dense Caption

The image displays four identical panels arranged in a 2x2 grid. Each panel contains the text 'it's on.' above 'meowwww' in black pixelated font. The background alternates between two patterns: left panels show pink and cream checkerboard, right panels show pink and cream diamond shapes. Text remains static while backgrounds change across observations.

Description

  • Pixelated text and background patterns alternate between two distinct states in a repeating sequence.

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

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 2008031112383564190917
  • 20080311123945160973173

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • pink cream background
  • it's on meowwww
  • checkerboard diamonds
  • pixel art text

Preprocessing Notes

  • background pattern alternates between checkerboard and diamond shapes across observations
  • quarantined composition: four panels
  • quarantined composition: 2x2 grid

Visible Text

  • it's on.
  • meowwww

Wordwall

  • pink
  • cream
  • checkerboard
  • diamonds
  • text
  • it's on.
  • meowwww
  • pixelated
  • repeating pattern

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
2008031112383564190917
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:18 UTC

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Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080311123945160973173
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:18 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3.2 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/f7/f71c7d4494e148a57137e0d55e6771002bb02bc45c54e3549827cb9ab1915f68.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:18 UTC
Archive ID
f71c7d4494e148a5
SHA-256
f71c7d4494e148a57137e0d55e6771002bb02bc45c54e3549827cb9ab1915f68
Content-safety assessments (1)
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 20:06 UTC
Run
1140
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.292348

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.860449onnx/unsafe0.292348onnx/nsfw0.257247onnx/nsfl0.035101
Enrichment records (1)
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Pixelated text and background patterns alternate between two distinct states in a repeating sequence.

Reviewed
August 4, 2026 at 06:16 UTC
Run
57
Version
v5
Elapsed
8,740 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,153, response 563

Review tags

  • cream (color, 0.80)
  • pink (color, 0.80)
  • playful (mood, 0.80)
  • quirky (mood, 0.80)
  • low resolution (style, 0.80)
  • pixel art (style, 0.80)

Animation Summary

  • Background pattern alternates between checkerboard and diamond shapes while text remains static.

Colors

  • pink
  • cream

Composition

  • four

Dense Caption

The image displays four identical panels arranged in a 2x2 grid. Each panel contains the text 'it's on.' above 'meowwww' in black pixelated font. The background alternates between two patterns: left panels show pink and cream checkerboard, right panels show pink and cream diamond shapes. Text remains static while backgrounds change across observations.

Description

  • Pixelated text and background patterns alternate between two distinct states in a repeating sequence.

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

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 2008031112383564190917
  • 20080311123945160973173

Mood

  • playful
  • quirky

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • pink cream background
  • it's on meowwww
  • checkerboard diamonds
  • pixel art text

Preprocessing Notes

  • background pattern alternates between checkerboard and diamond shapes across observations
  • quarantined composition: four panels
  • quarantined composition: 2x2 grid

Style

  • pixel art
  • low-resolution

Visible Text

  • it's on.
  • meowwww

Wordwall

  • pink
  • cream
  • checkerboard
  • diamonds
  • text
  • it's on.
  • meowwww
  • pixelated
  • repeating pattern
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Full source records (2)

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
2008031112383564190917
Archive entry
2008031112383564190917.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:18 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#2008031112383564190917.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#2008031112383564190917.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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
20080311123945160973173
Archive entry
20080311123945160973173.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:18 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#20080311123945160973173.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080311123945160973173.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016