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Pixelated text fragments in black outlines on colored backgrounds form a with green, blue, purple, orange, pink, and gray sections

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Pixelated text fragments in black outlines on colored backgrounds form a with green, blue, purple, orange, pink, and gray sections

Pixelated text fragments in black outlines on colored backgrounds form a with green, blue, purple, orange, pink, and gray sections. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet…

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  • If a fat Man in red comes in the middle
  • of the night and stuffs you in a sack
  • Dont be scared its only santa
  • i told him i wanted you for
  • Christmas

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200812101648191262030545
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
3.9 KB
Motion
Animated (5 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/1d/1de4aceb56d27160b9def237e351a2f8e1111d361a4774da88073e147b09c4e7.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
1de4aceb56d27160
SHA-256
1de4aceb56d27160b9def237e351a2f8e1111d361a4774da88073e147b09c4e7
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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
200812101648191262030545
Archive entry
200812101648191262030545.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#200812101648191262030545.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200812101648191262030545.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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