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Pixelated text reads "live, love, and choose instead" with white letters on black background, green vertical bars, and blurred motion effects.

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Pixelated text reads "live, love, and choose instead" with white letters on black background, green vertical bars, and blurred motion effects.

Pixelated text reads "live, love, and choose instead" with white letters on black background, green vertical bars, and blurred motion effects. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon fr…

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  • (live,
  • love,
  • and
  • choose
  • INSTEAD

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200806211508181688204322
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:31 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
3.3 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/1d/1d504923614659d693023ed2ed30d09b4914141ba84621b96e67daf214ac3b74.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
1d504923614659d6
SHA-256
1d504923614659d693023ed2ed30d09b4914141ba84621b96e67daf214ac3b74
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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
200806211508181688204322
Archive entry
200806211508181688204322.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:31 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#200806211508181688204322.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200806211508181688204322.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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