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Blue background with repeated white text 'spaces are for QUEERS' and small pixelated symbols changing across frames.

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Blue background with repeated white text 'spaces are for QUEERS' and small pixelated symbols changing across frames.

Blue background with repeated white text 'spaces are for QUEERS' and small pixelated symbols changing across frames. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Franks…

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  • spaces are for QUEERS

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200801161732541885620467
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:10 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
488 bytes
Motion
Animated (9 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/12/12f1dba84cb5010c266d10421561b8bc04c4759dfbb321a39c4f85e2127e47dc.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
12f1dba84cb5010c
SHA-256
12f1dba84cb5010c266d10421561b8bc04c4759dfbb321a39c4f85e2127e47dc
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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
200801161732541885620467
Archive entry
200801161732541885620467.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:10 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#200801161732541885620467.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200801161732541885620467.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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