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A bright pink background features repeated purple text and green pixelated square animations. The text reads 'only fools have buddy icons' in a light blue hue, with four distinct green animated squares positioned around the corners of each text block.

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A bright pink background features repeated purple text and green pixelated square animations. The text reads 'only fools have buddy icons' in a light blue hue, with four distinct green animated squares positioned around the corners of each text block.

A bright pink background features repeated purple text and green pixelated square animations. The text reads 'only fools have buddy icons' in a light blue hue, with four distinct…

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  • only fools have buddy icons

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200901310557541312250017
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:51 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
534 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/1b/1b2fd8e7d15302e3ec44c652c4489412af52d164bfa6e0c6b5d18eca0a7d8203.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
1b2fd8e7d15302e3
SHA-256
1b2fd8e7d15302e3ec44c652c4489412af52d164bfa6e0c6b5d18eca0a7d8203
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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
200901310557541312250017
Archive entry
200901310557541312250017.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:51 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#200901310557541312250017.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200901310557541312250017.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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