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Six colored squares display text: blue with 'WTF?', black with 'LOL!', pink with 'IDK?', purple with 'BRB!', green with 'IKR?', orange with 'G2G!'.

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Six colored squares display text: blue with 'WTF?', black with 'LOL!', pink with 'IDK?', purple with 'BRB!', green with 'IKR?', orange with 'G2G!'.

Six colored squares display text: blue with 'WTF?', black with 'LOL!', pink with 'IDK?', purple with 'BRB!', green with 'IKR?', orange with 'G2G!'. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy ic…

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  • WTF?
  • LOL!
  • IDK?
  • BRB!
  • IKR?
  • G2G!

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20081011123435857643816
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:40 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
3.9 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/02/02254aed9105a5fd6e527a03b3f78224eef857cc6c09e05bc9f6d9d896a7cc8f.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
02254aed9105a5fd
SHA-256
02254aed9105a5fd6e527a03b3f78224eef857cc6c09e05bc9f6d9d896a7cc8f
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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
20081011123435857643816
Archive entry
20081011123435857643816.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:40 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#20081011123435857643816.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20081011123435857643816.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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