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Two blue square with black pixelated text and dotted borders, side-by-side

Two blue square with black pixelated text and dotted borders, side-by-side. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from MyOldIcons / OriginalIcons Revival, Recovered 2000s Icon Portal,…

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Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • two side-by-side
  • centered text within each

Dense Caption

The image shows two adjacent square panels on a solid light blue background. Each panel has a border made of alternating dark blue and black dots. The left panel contains the text "if you can read this" in bold black pixelated letters arranged vertically. The right panel displays the text "thank a teacher" with "a" centered between "thank" and "teacher," also in bold black pixelated letters. Both panels use a retro digital font style.

Description

  • Two blue square with black pixelated text and dotted borders, side-by-side

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • observation alt-text (broad): 1141532770_675981447.gif
  • observation alt-text (broad): camerachick1800 I wouldnt go to school if he wasnt there
  • observation alt-text (gallery): If You Can Read This Myspace Icon
  • observation alt-text (broad): myoldicons id 201399
  • observation category (gallery): AIM Icons
  • observation category (broad): civilization
  • observation category (broad): img
  • observation category (broad): myoldicons
  • observation category (page1)
  • observation category (gallery): School
  • observation category (broad): school
  • observation category (gallery): school icons for aim msn myspace and yahoo
  • observation title (broad): MyOldIcons
  • observation title (broad): OriginalIcons API
  • observation title (gallery): School icons for AIM, MSN, MySpace and Yahoo
  • collection identity (broad; hint): buddy-icons-info

Metadata Only Entities

  • school
  • teacher
  • AIM
  • MSN
  • MySpace
  • Yahoo

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • if you can read this thank a teacher
  • blue pixel art text
  • retro digital school message
  • two square blue bordered

Preprocessing Notes

  • quarantined description: Two blue square panels with black pixelated text and dotted borders, side-by-side.
  • quarantined wordwall: two square panels
  • quarantined composition: centered text within each panel
  • quarantined composition: two panels side-by-side
  • quarantined retrieval: two square blue bordered panels
  • quarantined retrieval: blue pixel art text panels

Visible Text

  • if you can read this
  • thank a teacher

Wordwall

  • blue background
  • dotted border
  • pixelated text
  • two square
  • vertical text layout
  • retro digital font

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Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 8, 2026

MyOldIcons / OriginalIcons Revival

Source title
MyOldIcons / OriginalIcons API
Category
myoldicons / civilization / school
Era
Recovered 2000s Icon Portal
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 10:43 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Wayback Buddy-Icons.info Remaining Category Portal Shard

Source title
School icons for AIM, MSN, MySpace and Yahoo
Category
aim icons / school / page1 / school icons for aim msn myspace and yahoo
Era
Mid-2000s AIM Portal
Observed
July 10, 2026 at 23:33 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Wayback CDX Buddy-Icons.info Native AIM Icon GIFs

Source title
40360
Category
img / icon
Era
Mid-to-Late-2000s AIM Portal
Observed
July 11, 2026 at 23:54 UTC

Original record Source download

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
641 bytes
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 8, 2026
Relative path
icons/4c/4c97d26a5d337c053fc381bdaa6af21e4088cd02c9b52926459548343a775eef.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 10, 2026 at 04:14 UTC
Archive ID
4c97d26a5d337c05
SHA-256
4c97d26a5d337c053fc381bdaa6af21e4088cd02c9b52926459548343a775eef
Content-safety assessments (2)
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
July 28, 2026 at 18:30 UTC
Run
1210
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.000011

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagsexual0.000011falseharassment0.000004falseself-harm/intent0.000003falseself-harm0.000002falseillicit0.000002falsesexual/minors0.000001falsehate0.000001falseviolence/graphic0.000001falseviolence0.000001falseself-harm/instructions0.000000falseharassment/threatening0.000000falseillicit/violent0.000000falsehate/threatening0.000000false
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 22, 2026 at 12:05 UTC
Run
89
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.087323

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.920318onnx/unsafe0.087323onnx/nsfw0.050823onnx/nsfl0.036500
Enrichment records (2)
wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

Two blue square with black pixelated text and dotted borders, side-by-side

Reviewed
July 21, 2026 at 21:34 UTC
Run
42
Version
v5
Elapsed
12,287 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,124, response 700

Review tags

  • black (color, 0.80)
  • dark blue (color, 0.80)
  • light blue (color, 0.80)
  • informative (mood, 0.80)
  • neutral (mood, 0.80)
  • pixel art (style, 0.80)
  • retro digital (style, 0.80)
  • text based (style, 0.80)

Colors

  • light blue
  • dark blue
  • black

Composition

  • two side-by-side
  • centered text within each

Dense Caption

The image shows two adjacent square panels on a solid light blue background. Each panel has a border made of alternating dark blue and black dots. The left panel contains the text "if you can read this" in bold black pixelated letters arranged vertically. The right panel displays the text "thank a teacher" with "a" centered between "thank" and "teacher," also in bold black pixelated letters. Both panels use a retro digital font style.

Description

  • Two blue square with black pixelated text and dotted borders, side-by-side

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • observation alt-text (broad): 1141532770_675981447.gif
  • observation alt-text (broad): camerachick1800 I wouldnt go to school if he wasnt there
  • observation alt-text (gallery): If You Can Read This Myspace Icon
  • observation alt-text (broad): myoldicons id 201399
  • observation category (gallery): AIM Icons
  • observation category (broad): civilization
  • observation category (broad): img
  • observation category (broad): myoldicons
  • observation category (page1)
  • observation category (gallery): School
  • observation category (broad): school
  • observation category (gallery): school icons for aim msn myspace and yahoo
  • observation title (broad): MyOldIcons
  • observation title (broad): OriginalIcons API
  • observation title (gallery): School icons for AIM, MSN, MySpace and Yahoo
  • collection identity (broad; hint): buddy-icons-info

Metadata Only Entities

  • school
  • teacher
  • AIM
  • MSN
  • MySpace
  • Yahoo

Mood

  • neutral
  • informative

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • if you can read this thank a teacher
  • blue pixel art text
  • retro digital school message
  • two square blue bordered

Preprocessing Notes

  • quarantined description: Two blue square panels with black pixelated text and dotted borders, side-by-side.
  • quarantined wordwall: two square panels
  • quarantined composition: centered text within each panel
  • quarantined composition: two panels side-by-side
  • quarantined retrieval: two square blue bordered panels
  • quarantined retrieval: blue pixel art text panels

Style

  • pixel art
  • retro digital
  • text-based

Visible Text

  • if you can read this
  • thank a teacher

Wordwall

  • blue background
  • dotted border
  • pixelated text
  • two square
  • vertical text layout
  • retro digital font
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wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smarterror
Reviewed
July 13, 2026 at 17:08 UTC
Run
30
Version
v3
Elapsed
0 ms
Error
No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. (127.0.0.1:11435)
Raw JSON
Source semantic tags (15)
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Full source records (3)
MyOldIcons / OriginalIcons Revival (myoldicons-originalicons)
Kind
myoldicons-api
Era
Recovered 2000s Icon Portal
Type
current recovered OriginalIcons API
Category
myoldicons / civilization / school
Title
MyOldIcons / OriginalIcons API
Alt
1141532770_675981447.gif | camerachick1800 I wouldnt go to school if he wasnt there | animated | myoldicons id 201399
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 10:43 UTC
Rights
mixed copyright and user-submitted material; research/reference only by default
Slice
recovered large-scale AIM icon and away-message archive with category, subcategory, filename, keyword, and animation metadata
Original: https://myoldicons.com/icons/Civilization/School/1141496203_1642330321.gif Download: https://myoldicons.com/icons/Civilization/School/1141496203_1642330321.gif Page: https://myoldicons.com/api/icons?category=civilization 
Wayback Buddy-Icons.info Remaining Category Portal Shard (wayback-buddy-icons-info-remaining-categories-portal)
Kind
static-gallery
Era
Mid-2000s AIM Portal
Type
Internet Archive preserved categorized AIM icon portal
Category
aim icons / school / page1 / school icons for aim msn myspace and yahoo
Title
School icons for AIM, MSN, MySpace and Yahoo
Alt
If You Can Read This Myspace Icon
Observed
July 10, 2026 at 23:33 UTC
Rights
mixed user-submitted and licensed imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
remaining AIM portal categories spanning identity, emotion, school, holidays, sports, symbols, and everyday culture
Original: http://www.buddy-icons.info/img/icon/40360.gif Download: https://web.archive.org/web/20080106214606id_/http://www.buddy-icons.info/img/icon/40360.gif Page: https://web.archive.org/web/20080106214606id_/http://www.buddy-icons.info/aim-icons/If_You_Can_Read_This_Myspace_Icon.html 
Wayback CDX Buddy-Icons.info Native AIM Icon GIFs (wayback-buddy-icons-info-img-icon-gifs)
Kind
wayback-cdx
Era
Mid-to-Late-2000s AIM Portal
Type
Wayback direct native asset enumeration
Category
img / icon
Alt
40360
Observed
July 11, 2026 at 23:54 UTC
Rights
mixed user-submitted and licensed imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
native Buddy-Icons.info AIM icon assets spanning user submissions, fandom, identity, relationships, school, sports, music, movies, and celebrity culture
Original: http://buddy-icons.info/img/icon/40360.gif Download: https://web.archive.org/web/20111122134318id_/http://buddy-icons.info/img/icon/40360.gif