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Black-and-white pixelated text repeats across the image with partial words like 'say thing', 'arent fut', and 'i laughout' in a dense, overlapping pattern.

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Black-and-white pixelated text repeats across the image with partial words like 'say thing', 'arent fut', and 'i laughout' in a dense, overlapping pattern.

Black-and-white pixelated text repeats across the image with partial words like 'say thing', 'arent fut', and 'i laughout' in a dense, overlapping pattern. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM…

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  • say thing
  • arent fut
  • i laughout
  • because ubecause
  • said themsaid them

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080323204939936480769
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:20 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.2 KB
Motion
Animated (7 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/24/24939b410faa99fc138a5eca442b67c166488e7e5e620063c4163517d3443766.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
24939b410faa99fc
SHA-256
24939b410faa99fc138a5eca442b67c166488e7e5e620063c4163517d3443766
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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
20080323204939936480769
Archive entry
20080323204939936480769.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#20080323204939936480769.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080323204939936480769.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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