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Black background with repeated white text 'It's hard to say your name and not smile.' and cyan symbols changing across frames.

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Black background with repeated white text 'It's hard to say your name and not smile.' and cyan symbols changing across frames.

Black background with repeated white text 'It's hard to say your name and not smile.' and cyan symbols changing across frames. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Arch…

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200712261752221857903854
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:06 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.3 KB
Motion
Animated (9 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/21/21b54c8c1eceec6acf7a6b6b259699e447bb5aa373c7c1b31b814b52e00b6a80.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
21b54c8c1eceec6a
SHA-256
21b54c8c1eceec6acf7a6b6b259699e447bb5aa373c7c1b31b814b52e00b6a80
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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
200712261752221857903854
Archive entry
200712261752221857903854.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:06 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#200712261752221857903854.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200712261752221857903854.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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