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six showing a chicken with text overlays; central changes from 'guess wat' to 'guess why!' while side display variations

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six showing a chicken with text overlays; central changes from 'guess wat' to 'guess why!' while side display variations

six showing a chicken with text overlays; central changes from 'guess wat' to 'guess why!' while side display variations. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive F…

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Style

Mood

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Source terms

Style

  • text-overlaid

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  • guess wat
  • chicken butt
  • guess why!
  • chicken pie

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200908170724302128820053
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:01 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
7.6 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/2b/2b32cd86a1775baac00d6f5ea072013934c6ed2845b40023ca17139ba3f9e8b7.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
2b32cd86a1775baa
SHA-256
2b32cd86a1775baac00d6f5ea072013934c6ed2845b40023ca17139ba3f9e8b7
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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
200908170724302128820053
Archive entry
200908170724302128820053.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:01 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#200908170724302128820053.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200908170724302128820053.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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