A 4x3 contact sheet of animated frames showing pixelated text variations on black backgrounds with red borders, displaying the phrase "IT'S NOT LIKE YOU TO SAY SORRY" in different states across sampled frames.

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A 4x3 contact sheet of animated frames showing pixelated text variations on black backgrounds with red borders, displaying the phrase "IT'S NOT LIKE YOU TO SAY SORRY" in different states across sampled frames.

A 4x3 contact sheet of animated frames showing pixelated text variations on black backgrounds with red borders, displaying the phrase "IT'S NOT LIKE YOU TO SAY SORRY" in different…

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Animation

frame-to-frame letter substitution and positional shifts; 'SORRY' remains consistent while other words alter (e.g., 'SAY' becomes 'SA', 'A Y', '5 Y'); some letters flicker between states across frames

Animation Summary

A text-based animation with frame-to-frame letter substitutions and positional shifts, maintaining the core phrase "IT'S NOT LIKE YOU TO SAY SORRY" while altering individual words across sampled frames; 'SORRY' remains consistently styled in large pixel font.

Composition

  • 4x3 grid of individual frames with red borders, text centered in each cell

Dense Caption

The image displays a 4x3 grid of animated frame samples from an AOL Instant Messenger buddy icon. Each cell contains a black background bordered by bright red lines, with pixelated text rendered in white and occasional orange/red accents. The primary phrase "IT'S NOT LIKE YOU TO SAY SORRY" appears across all frames but shows variations: some letters are missing or altered (e.g., 'O' becomes '0', 'Y' becomes 'Y', 'S' becomes '5'), while the word "SORRY" consistently uses a larger, stylized pixel font. The text exhibits slight positional shifts and character substitutions between frames, suggesting an animation loop where individual letters flicker or change state. A gray area occupies the bottom-right corner of the grid, indicating transparency in that section of the original icon. All visible elements are strictly textual with no characters, objects, or non-textual symbols present; the design relies entirely on pixelated typography and color contrast for visual effect.

Description

A 4x3 contact sheet of animated frames showing pixelated text variations on black backgrounds with red borders, displaying the phrase "IT'S NOT LIKE YOU TO SAY SORRY" in different states across sampled frames.

Identity Hypotheses

  • When I smile Im such a liar | basis metadata-compatible | confidence low | evidence source hint mentions phrase but no visual match

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • hazedbyhendrix When I smile Im such a liar (no visible text)
  • category: dollz / blinkies (no characters or dolls present)

Metadata Only Entities

  • myoldicons
  • dollz
  • blinkies

Metadata Supported By Image

  • animated frame contact sheet
  • text-only animation
  • red border design
  • gray transparency area

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • aol instant messenger buddy icon text animation
  • pixelated sorry message animation
  • red border black background text animation
  • 4x3 contact sheet animated frame set
  • it's not like you to say sorry pixel art
  • text-only aol buddy icon animation
  • animated sorry phrase with letter substitutions

Preprocessing Notes

  • contact sheet layout 4x3, sampled frame count 10 from source frame count 10, gray transparency background in bottom-right corner of grid

Safety Notes

  • text contains no explicit content, nudity, or graphic violence; phrase is playful and non-offensive

Source Metadata Interpretation

source: myoldicons-originalicons | title: MyOldIcons / OriginalIcons API | alt: 1106511752_1335407828.gif | hazedbyhendrix When I smile Im such a liar | animated | myoldicons id 163426 | category: myoldicons / dollz / blinkies

Uncertain Text

  • IT'S NOT LIKE YOU TO S Y
  • IT'S NOT LIKE YOU TO SY

Visible Text

  • IT'S NOT LIKE YOU TO SAY SORRY
  • SORRY
  • IT'S NOT LIKE YOU T SAY
  • IT'S NOT LIKE YOU TO AY
  • IT'S NOT LIKE YOU TO 5 Y
  • IT'S NOT LIKE YOU O SAY
  • IT'S NOT LIKE YOU TO SA
  • IT'S NOT LIKE YOU TO SAY

Wordwall

  • black background
  • red border
  • pixelated text
  • white text
  • orange accent
  • stretched 'SORRY'
  • missing letters
  • altered characters
  • frame-to-frame variation
  • text flicker
  • 4x3 contact sheet
  • gray transparency area
  • IT'S NOT LIKE YOU TO SAY SORRY phrase
  • letter substitution
  • positioned text
  • no visible objects or characters
  • text-only animation
  • pixel font style
  • red border grid
  • black background with red outline

Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 8, 2026

MyOldIcons / OriginalIcons Revival

Source title
MyOldIcons / OriginalIcons API
Category
myoldicons / dollz / blinkies
Era
Recovered 2000s Icon Portal
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 08:49 UTC
Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
4.2 KB
Motion
Animated (10 frames)
Added to archive
July 8, 2026
Relative path
icons/c1/c185b55dd49145848ea4021ef4a0de32ad34ed76f4bba821f0670cc81f401aed.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 10, 2026 at 04:10 UTC
Archive ID
c185b55dd4914584
SHA-256
c185b55dd49145848ea4021ef4a0de32ad34ed76f4bba821f0670cc81f401aed
Content-safety assessments (2)
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 06:25 UTC
Run
106
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.085136

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.919088onnx/unsafe0.085136onnx/nsfw0.048519onnx/nsfl0.036617
legacy-enrichmentqwen3-vl:30blegacy-import
Assessed
July 13, 2026 at 01:44 UTC
Run
29
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 4x3 contact sheet of animated frames showing pixelated text variations on black backgrounds with red borders, displaying the phrase "IT'S NOT LIKE YOU TO SAY SORRY" in different states across sampled frames.

Reviewed
July 13, 2026 at 01:44 UTC
Run
29
Version
v3
Elapsed
12,155 ms
Tokens
prompt 3,019, response 1,381

Review tags

  • black background (background, 0.98)
  • text only animation (content type, 0.98)
  • pixel art (style, 0.98)
  • text animation (animation type, 0.97)
  • 4x3 contact sheet (layout, 0.97)
  • stretched sorry text (text style, 0.96)
  • orange accent color (color, 0.95)
  • red border (design element, 0.95)
  • aol instant messenger (platform, 0.95)
  • letter substitution (animation detail, 0.94)
  • gray transparency area (transparency, 0.92)

Animation

frame-to-frame letter substitution and positional shifts; 'SORRY' remains consistent while other words alter (e.g., 'SAY' becomes 'SA', 'A Y', '5 Y'); some letters flicker between states across frames

Animation Summary

A text-based animation with frame-to-frame letter substitutions and positional shifts, maintaining the core phrase "IT'S NOT LIKE YOU TO SAY SORRY" while altering individual words across sampled frames; 'SORRY' remains consistently styled in large pixel font.

Colors

  • black
  • red
  • white
  • orange
  • gray

Composition

  • 4x3 grid of individual frames with red borders, text centered in each cell

Dense Caption

The image displays a 4x3 grid of animated frame samples from an AOL Instant Messenger buddy icon. Each cell contains a black background bordered by bright red lines, with pixelated text rendered in white and occasional orange/red accents. The primary phrase "IT'S NOT LIKE YOU TO SAY SORRY" appears across all frames but shows variations: some letters are missing or altered (e.g., 'O' becomes '0', 'Y' becomes 'Y', 'S' becomes '5'), while the word "SORRY" consistently uses a larger, stylized pixel font. The text exhibits slight positional shifts and character substitutions between frames, suggesting an animation loop where individual letters flicker or change state. A gray area occupies the bottom-right corner of the grid, indicating transparency in that section of the original icon. All visible elements are strictly textual with no characters, objects, or non-textual symbols present; the design relies entirely on pixelated typography and color contrast for visual effect.

Description

A 4x3 contact sheet of animated frames showing pixelated text variations on black backgrounds with red borders, displaying the phrase "IT'S NOT LIKE YOU TO SAY SORRY" in different states across sampled frames.

Identity Hypotheses

  • When I smile Im such a liar | basis metadata-compatible | confidence low | evidence source hint mentions phrase but no visual match

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • hazedbyhendrix When I smile Im such a liar (no visible text)
  • category: dollz / blinkies (no characters or dolls present)

Metadata Only Entities

  • myoldicons
  • dollz
  • blinkies

Metadata Supported By Image

  • animated frame contact sheet
  • text-only animation
  • red border design
  • gray transparency area

Mood

  • playful

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • aol instant messenger buddy icon text animation
  • pixelated sorry message animation
  • red border black background text animation
  • 4x3 contact sheet animated frame set
  • it's not like you to say sorry pixel art
  • text-only aol buddy icon animation
  • animated sorry phrase with letter substitutions

Preprocessing Notes

  • contact sheet layout 4x3, sampled frame count 10 from source frame count 10, gray transparency background in bottom-right corner of grid

Safety Notes

  • text contains no explicit content, nudity, or graphic violence; phrase is playful and non-offensive

Source Metadata Interpretation

source: myoldicons-originalicons | title: MyOldIcons / OriginalIcons API | alt: 1106511752_1335407828.gif | hazedbyhendrix When I smile Im such a liar | animated | myoldicons id 163426 | category: myoldicons / dollz / blinkies

Style

  • pixel art

Uncertain Text

  • IT'S NOT LIKE YOU TO S Y
  • IT'S NOT LIKE YOU TO SY

Visible Text

  • IT'S NOT LIKE YOU TO SAY SORRY
  • SORRY
  • IT'S NOT LIKE YOU T SAY
  • IT'S NOT LIKE YOU TO AY
  • IT'S NOT LIKE YOU TO 5 Y
  • IT'S NOT LIKE YOU O SAY
  • IT'S NOT LIKE YOU TO SA
  • IT'S NOT LIKE YOU TO SAY

Wordwall

  • black background
  • red border
  • pixelated text
  • white text
  • orange accent
  • stretched 'SORRY'
  • missing letters
  • altered characters
  • frame-to-frame variation
  • text flicker
  • 4x3 contact sheet
  • gray transparency area
  • IT'S NOT LIKE YOU TO SAY SORRY phrase
  • letter substitution
  • positioned text
  • no visible objects or characters
  • text-only animation
  • pixel font style
  • red border grid
  • black background with red outline
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Full source records (1)

MyOldIcons / OriginalIcons Revival (myoldicons-originalicons)

Kind
myoldicons-api
Era
Recovered 2000s Icon Portal
Type
current recovered OriginalIcons API
Category
myoldicons / dollz / blinkies
Title
MyOldIcons / OriginalIcons API
Alt
1106511752_1335407828.gif | hazedbyhendrix When I smile Im such a liar | animated | myoldicons id 163426
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 08:49 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