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Black background with white rectangular text boxes displaying 'PICK ME.' and variations of 'PICK ME!' followed by 'DARN.' in pixelated font.

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Black background with white rectangular text boxes displaying 'PICK ME.' and variations of 'PICK ME!' followed by 'DARN.' in pixelated font.

Black background with white rectangular text boxes displaying 'PICK ME.' and variations of 'PICK ME!' followed by 'DARN.' in pixelated font. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from…

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  • PICK ME.
  • PICK ME!
  • PICK ME!!
  • PICK ME!!!
  • DARN.

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20081219131825714946792
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:46 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
582 bytes
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/16/163bedf9a524394681c04ff77ac0690dcc002b6a43e3bfc750bdc8755d725e5b.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
163bedf9a5243946
SHA-256
163bedf9a524394681c04ff77ac0690dcc002b6a43e3bfc750bdc8755d725e5b
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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
20081219131825714946792
Archive entry
20081219131825714946792.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:46 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#20081219131825714946792.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20081219131825714946792.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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