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Pixelated cyan text on black background with glowing blue-white energy effects, arranged in four vertical sections.

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Pixelated cyan text on black background with glowing blue-white energy effects, arranged in four vertical sections.

Pixelated cyan text on black background with glowing blue-white energy effects, arranged in four vertical sections. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksI…

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  • I'll make my own world somehow
  • where I control who stays
  • you won't leave because
  • you won't know how to run away

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200809011707421842052770
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:38 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
5.3 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/20/20cb819c3a26c2044e8696828dfc12ed22d802d17c857d33a6933fe63be33733.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
20cb819c3a26c204
SHA-256
20cb819c3a26c2044e8696828dfc12ed22d802d17c857d33a6933fe63be33733
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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
200809011707421842052770
Archive entry
200809011707421842052770.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:38 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#200809011707421842052770.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200809011707421842052770.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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