A 2x2 contact sheet of three animated frames showing a pixel art icon with the text "I'D RATHER BE DEAD THAN COOL" on a blue checkered background, each frame displaying different color variations for the word "DEAD".

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A 2x2 contact sheet of three animated frames showing a pixel art icon with the text "I'D RATHER BE DEAD THAN COOL" on a blue checkered background, each frame displaying different color variations for the word "DEAD".

A 2x2 contact sheet of three animated frames showing a pixel art icon with the text "I'D RATHER BE DEAD THAN COOL" on a blue checkered background, each frame displaying different…

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Animation

  • DEAD word changes color between frames: purple → pink → cyan-blue

Animation Summary

  • Three-frame animation showing the word "DEAD" cycling through purple, pink, and cyan-blue colors while all other elements remain static.

Composition

  • centered text layout
  • 48x48 pixel grid
  • contact sheet arrangement

Dense Caption

The image displays a 48x48 pixel buddy icon in an animated contact sheet format. The icon features a dark blue checkered background with white text reading "I'D RATHER BE DEAD THAN COOL." The word "DEAD" is rendered in different colors across three visible frames: purple in the top-left frame, pink in the top-right frame, and cyan-blue in the bottom-left frame. Each frame has a bright pink border. The animation shows color cycling for the word "DEAD," while the rest of the text remains static white. The icon uses pixel art style with dithering effects on the colored letters to create gradient-like appearances. A gray area occupies the bottom-right corner, indicating transparency or unused space in the contact sheet layout. The overall design is retro digital with a neon aesthetic typical of early internet graphics.

Description

A 2x2 contact sheet of three animated frames showing a pixel art icon with the text "I'D RATHER BE DEAD THAN COOL" on a blue checkered background, each frame displaying different color variations for the word "DEAD".

Identity Hypotheses

  • dead than cool meme | basis both | confidence 0.9 | evidence text and color-cycling animation

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • category: iconupload (not visible)
  • url: feb15 (no visual evidence)

Metadata Only Entities

  • wayback-coolbuddy-gifs
  • feb15

Metadata Supported By Image

  • text-based meme
  • 48x48 pixel size
  • blue checkered background
  • color-cycling animation

Named Entities

  • dead than cool meme

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • dead than cool meme icon
  • 48x48 pixel art dead text
  • blue checkered color-cycling animation

Preprocessing Notes

  • 2x2 contact sheet with 3 sampled frames (indices 0,1,2)
  • gray transparency background in bottom-right corner
  • sourceFrameCount=3 but only 3 frames visible in review image

Safety Notes

  • text contains

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • source: wayback-coolbuddy-gifs | alt: feb15 | category: icon / iconupload / buddypics / feb15 | url: feb15

Visible Text

  • I'D RATHER BE
  • DEAD
  • THAN COOL

Visually Supported Entities

  • meme icon
  • text-based graphic

Wordwall

  • blue checkered background
  • white text I'D RATHER BE DEAD THAN COOL
  • purple DEAD lettering
  • pink DEAD lettering
  • cyan-blue DEAD lettering
  • bright pink border
  • pixel art style
  • dithered color effects
  • retro digital aesthetic
  • neon color scheme
  • static white text except DEAD
  • color-cycling animation
  • 48x48 pixel icon
  • contact sheet layout
  • gray transparency background
  • text-based meme
  • dark blue grid pattern
  • white capital letters
  • DEAD word highlighted in different colors
  • pixelated font style

Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 8, 2026

Wayback CDX CoolBuddy.com Icon GIF Captures

Source title
feb15
Category
icon / iconupload / buddypics / feb15
Era
Mid-2000s Mega Gallery
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 01:38 UTC
Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
805 bytes
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 8, 2026
Relative path
icons/2b/2b11b949981b3e408d9d773880009d40d2845cc31eff82a20a05b26f22cebb29.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 10, 2026 at 04:06 UTC
Archive ID
2b11b949981b3e40
SHA-256
2b11b949981b3e408d9d773880009d40d2845cc31eff82a20a05b26f22cebb29
Content-safety assessments (3)
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
July 21, 2026 at 02:52 UTC
Run
72
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.226603

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagself-harm/intent0.226603falseself-harm0.159942falseviolence0.001227falseharassment0.000825falseharassment/threatening0.000763falseself-harm/instructions0.000539falseviolence/graphic0.000039falsesexual0.000031falsehate0.000019falseillicit0.000012falseillicit/violent0.000003falsehate/threatening0.000002falsesexual/minors0.000002false

Qwen scheduling evidence

Evidence strength is retained for queueing and audit. It does not set the public content-safety verdict.

EvidenceStrengthInputenrichment/ocr/violence1.000000textenrichment/visual/violence0.500000image
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 21, 2026 at 00:12 UTC
Run
70
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.080075

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.925769onnx/unsafe0.080075onnx/nsfl0.042345onnx/nsfw0.037730
legacy-enrichmentqwen3-vl:30blegacy-import
Assessed
July 11, 2026 at 09:58 UTC
Run
27
Input
image
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-smart
Overall label
safe
Overall score
0.950000

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flaglegacy/manual-review0.000000falselegacy/nsfw0.000000false
Enrichment records (1)
wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

A 2x2 contact sheet of three animated frames showing a pixel art icon with the text "I'D RATHER BE DEAD THAN COOL" on a blue checkered background, each frame displaying different color variations for the word "DEAD".

Reviewed
July 11, 2026 at 09:58 UTC
Run
27
Version
v3
Elapsed
27,151 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,929, response 3,353

Review tags

  • color cycling animation (animation, 0.95)
  • blue checkered background (background, 0.95)
  • gray transparency background (background, 0.95)
  • bright pink border (border, 0.95)
  • cyan blue dead lettering (color, 0.95)
  • pink dead lettering (color, 0.95)
  • purple dead lettering (color, 0.95)
  • 48x48 pixel size (size, 0.95)
  • pixel art (style, 0.95)
  • text based graphic (subject, 0.95)
  • dead than cool text (text, 0.95)
  • neon color scheme (color, 0.90)
  • contact sheet layout (composition, 0.90)
  • meme icon (type, 0.90)
  • retro digital aesthetic (style, 0.85)

Actions

  • color cycling animation

Animation

  • DEAD word changes color between frames: purple → pink → cyan-blue

Animation Summary

  • Three-frame animation showing the word "DEAD" cycling through purple, pink, and cyan-blue colors while all other elements remain static.

Colors

  • dark blue
  • white
  • purple
  • pink
  • cyan-blue
  • bright pink
  • gray

Composition

  • centered text layout
  • 48x48 pixel grid
  • contact sheet arrangement

Dense Caption

The image displays a 48x48 pixel buddy icon in an animated contact sheet format. The icon features a dark blue checkered background with white text reading "I'D RATHER BE DEAD THAN COOL." The word "DEAD" is rendered in different colors across three visible frames: purple in the top-left frame, pink in the top-right frame, and cyan-blue in the bottom-left frame. Each frame has a bright pink border. The animation shows color cycling for the word "DEAD," while the rest of the text remains static white. The icon uses pixel art style with dithering effects on the colored letters to create gradient-like appearances. A gray area occupies the bottom-right corner, indicating transparency or unused space in the contact sheet layout. The overall design is retro digital with a neon aesthetic typical of early internet graphics.

Description

A 2x2 contact sheet of three animated frames showing a pixel art icon with the text "I'D RATHER BE DEAD THAN COOL" on a blue checkered background, each frame displaying different color variations for the word "DEAD".

Identity Hypotheses

  • dead than cool meme | basis both | confidence 0.9 | evidence text and color-cycling animation

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • category: iconupload (not visible)
  • url: feb15 (no visual evidence)

Metadata Only Entities

  • wayback-coolbuddy-gifs
  • feb15

Metadata Supported By Image

  • text-based meme
  • 48x48 pixel size
  • blue checkered background
  • color-cycling animation

Mood

  • sarcastic
  • humorous
  • ironic

Named Entities

  • dead than cool meme

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • dead than cool meme icon
  • 48x48 pixel art dead text
  • blue checkered color-cycling animation

Objects

  • checkered background
  • pink border

Preprocessing Notes

  • 2x2 contact sheet with 3 sampled frames (indices 0,1,2)
  • gray transparency background in bottom-right corner
  • sourceFrameCount=3 but only 3 frames visible in review image

Safety Notes

  • text contains

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • source: wayback-coolbuddy-gifs | alt: feb15 | category: icon / iconupload / buddypics / feb15 | url: feb15

Style

  • pixel art
  • retro digital
  • neon aesthetic

Subjects

  • text-based graphic
  • meme icon

Visible Text

  • I'D RATHER BE
  • DEAD
  • THAN COOL

Visually Supported Entities

  • meme icon
  • text-based graphic

Wordwall

  • blue checkered background
  • white text I'D RATHER BE DEAD THAN COOL
  • purple DEAD lettering
  • pink DEAD lettering
  • cyan-blue DEAD lettering
  • bright pink border
  • pixel art style
  • dithered color effects
  • retro digital aesthetic
  • neon color scheme
  • static white text except DEAD
  • color-cycling animation
  • 48x48 pixel icon
  • contact sheet layout
  • gray transparency background
  • text-based meme
  • dark blue grid pattern
  • white capital letters
  • DEAD word highlighted in different colors
  • pixelated font style
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Full source records (1)

Wayback CDX CoolBuddy.com Icon GIF Captures (wayback-coolbuddy-gifs)

Kind
wayback-cdx
Era
Mid-2000s Mega Gallery
Type
Wayback historical mega-gallery crawl
Category
icon / iconupload / buddypics / feb15
Alt
feb15
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 01:38 UTC
Rights
mixed copyright; research/reference only by default
Slice
large category portal with broad AIM and messenger icon coverage