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Black-and-white pixelated image with text overlays reading "you can sit beside me when the world comes down" over a blurred background.

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Black-and-white pixelated image with text overlays reading "you can sit beside me when the world comes down" over a blurred background.

Black-and-white pixelated image with text overlays reading "you can sit beside me when the world comes down" over a blurred background. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Inte…

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Source terms

Style

  • text-overlaid

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  • you can
  • sit beside
  • me when
  • the world
  • comes
  • down

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090106150138371861442
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:48 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
5.5 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/0a/0a31eff528a83a2d86b00d4a5b7e990f153baa1cdb3d145b3d1006deea5119a6.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
0a31eff528a83a2d
SHA-256
0a31eff528a83a2d86b00d4a5b7e990f153baa1cdb3d145b3d1006deea5119a6
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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
20090106150138371861442
Archive entry
20090106150138371861442.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:48 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#20090106150138371861442.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090106150138371861442.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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