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Pixelated image with text and symbols: 'dont call me a horse' in red on black, a horse with red X, 'im a unicorn' in green on pink, a unicorn with rainbow, and heart symbols.

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Pixelated image with text and symbols: 'dont call me a horse' in red on black, a horse with red X, 'im a unicorn' in green on pink, a unicorn with rainbow, and heart symbols.

Pixelated image with text and symbols: 'dont call me a horse' in red on black, a horse with red X, 'im a unicorn' in green on pink, a unicorn with rainbow, and heart symbols. Anim…

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Depicts

Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • X symbol

Subjects

  • horse

Visible Text

  • dont call me a horse
  • im a unicorn
  • u-n-l-c-o-r-n

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090718180248441416315
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:00 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
4.9 KB
Motion
Animated (5 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/04/04348bce408994df91ff96e4c8365d0ceea987c3133b7a4f5d4b9b2f0da38d9b.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
04348bce408994df
SHA-256
04348bce408994df91ff96e4c8365d0ceea987c3133b7a4f5d4b9b2f0da38d9b
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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
20090718180248441416315
Archive entry
20090718180248441416315.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:00 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#20090718180248441416315.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090718180248441416315.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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