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Pixelated text on a black background with colorful abstract patterns, featuring phrases like "Be you angles?" and "we said 'noy we are but men'".

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Pixelated text on a black background with colorful abstract patterns, featuring phrases like "Be you angles?" and "we said 'noy we are but men'".

Pixelated text on a black background with colorful abstract patterns, featuring phrases like "Be you angles?" and "we said 'noy we are but men'". Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon…

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  • Be you angles?
  • we said 'noy we are but men'
  • ROCK ONNNNN NNNNNN

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080322100428373399569
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:20 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
4 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/1d/1db7c305e6f77ac75eebdb50f06e03998a859e839a9436b19eb75739288322e1.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
1db7c305e6f77ac7
SHA-256
1db7c305e6f77ac75eebdb50f06e03998a859e839a9436b19eb75739288322e1
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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
20080322100428373399569
Archive entry
20080322100428373399569.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:20 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#20080322100428373399569.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080322100428373399569.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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