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Pixelated text repeats across a cyan background with blue and pink accents, showing phrases like 'frnds r like' and 'bras close' in a pattern

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Pixelated text repeats across a cyan background with blue and pink accents, showing phrases like 'frnds r like' and 'bras close' in a pattern

Pixelated text repeats across a cyan background with blue and pink accents, showing phrases like 'frnds r like' and 'bras close' in a pattern. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon fr…

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  • frnds r like
  • bras close
  • to do heart
  • and there and there
  • 4 support

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080818191020766644892
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:36 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
718 bytes
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/03/03e06967bfda66e218b555ec32fa945fda17c2e79eae903ac956c15d1fa4f307.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
03e06967bfda66e2
SHA-256
03e06967bfda66e218b555ec32fa945fda17c2e79eae903ac956c15d1fa4f307
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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
20080818191020766644892
Archive entry
20080818191020766644892.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:36 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#20080818191020766644892.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080818191020766644892.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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