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Animated pixel art of three cartoon characters against a blue background, with a purple text reading "life isn't fair." and a black with red text

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Animated pixel art of three cartoon characters against a blue background, with a purple text reading "life isn't fair." and a black with red text

Animated pixel art of three cartoon characters against a blue background, with a purple text reading "life isn't fair." and a black with red text. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy ico…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • red heart symbol

Style

  • cartoon

Visible Text

  • life isn't fair
  • you're supposed to be happy
  • - brian farr
  • FORGET I WANT TO BE A vampire

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090410121020790980148
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:56 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
6.6 KB
Motion
Animated (5 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/0c/0c1b8155482736d08374aede64d1011092ba6a3b81c95cfce202e32e17cd99f6.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
0c1b8155482736d0
SHA-256
0c1b8155482736d08374aede64d1011092ba6a3b81c95cfce202e32e17cd99f6
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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
20090410121020790980148
Archive entry
20090410121020790980148.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:56 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#20090410121020790980148.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090410121020790980148.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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