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A pixelated hippopotamus head on the left, with green background and black text reading "you may dare to be different" and "well... I AM DIFFERENT".

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A pixelated hippopotamus head on the left, with green background and black text reading "you may dare to be different" and "well... I AM DIFFERENT".

A pixelated hippopotamus head on the left, with green background and black text reading "you may dare to be different" and "well... I AM DIFFERENT". Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy i…

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  • you may dare to be different
  • well...
  • I AM DIFFERENT

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20070926174743825789739
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:47 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.8 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/04/0485e67c35d91d07f7c769ad9a57138148a65e98d4f1966d76b5605551f01769.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
0485e67c35d91d07
SHA-256
0485e67c35d91d07f7c769ad9a57138148a65e98d4f1966d76b5605551f01769
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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
20070926174743825789739
Archive entry
20070926174743825789739.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:47 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#20070926174743825789739.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20070926174743825789739.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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