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pixelated text icons on a dark green background, with red highlight boxes appearing in different positions across frames

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pixelated text icons on a dark green background, with red highlight boxes appearing in different positions across frames

pixelated text icons on a dark green background, with red highlight boxes appearing in different positions across frames. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive F…

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  • SKOOL
  • SUX! :-D
  • TOMARO
  • SKOOL! :(
  • NO! (crying)

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200808261002261592112815
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:37 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
868 bytes
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/20/20ed9d1c9008cf403378b3f5aa60bd1d1157e27bf08ce4b39373db2b4f5b703e.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
20ed9d1c9008cf40
SHA-256
20ed9d1c9008cf403378b3f5aa60bd1d1157e27bf08ce4b39373db2b4f5b703e
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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
200808261002261592112815
Archive entry
200808261002261592112815.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:37 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#200808261002261592112815.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200808261002261592112815.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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