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A pixelated image of a person holding a black telephone receiver to their ear, with text in blue pixel font surrounding the figure.

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A pixelated image of a person holding a black telephone receiver to their ear, with text in blue pixel font surrounding the figure.

A pixelated image of a person holding a black telephone receiver to their ear, with text in blue pixel font surrounding the figure. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet…

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hello....... bin laden hello gorgey :) this isint working out. i think we shud c otha ppl... bu..but..ily GB-im sry but i think my men r onto us

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080219163309983107212
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:15 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.6 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/2d/2db4500ccb818ce00f10633533a6a1240943a34871ef93137ac97260713cafda.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
2db4500ccb818ce0
SHA-256
2db4500ccb818ce00f10633533a6a1240943a34871ef93137ac97260713cafda
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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
20080219163309983107212
Archive entry
20080219163309983107212.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:15 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#20080219163309983107212.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080219163309983107212.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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