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Pixelated image of a shirtless man with dark hair standing against a blue background, accompanied by pixelated text about snowstorms and inches.

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Pixelated image of a shirtless man with dark hair standing against a blue background, accompanied by pixelated text about snowstorms and inches.

Pixelated image of a shirtless man with dark hair standing against a blue background, accompanied by pixelated text about snowstorms and inches. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon…

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  • men are like snowstorms you never know when they're
  • coming or how many inches you'll get.

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200801051848091434973606
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:08 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3.1 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/01/0110ad8d18e88831373ce710443fab37b277d24444d7240aba8ddf0c56e9c224.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
0110ad8d18e88831
SHA-256
0110ad8d18e88831373ce710443fab37b277d24444d7240aba8ddf0c56e9c224
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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
200801051848091434973606
Archive entry
200801051848091434973606.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:08 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#200801051848091434973606.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200801051848091434973606.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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