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Four- with black, blue, and pink text over chain-link fence background; top-left reads "the way black is black..." in white pixelated font

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Four- with black, blue, and pink text over chain-link fence background; top-left reads "the way black is black..." in white pixelated font

Four- with black, blue, and pink text over chain-link fence background; top-left reads "the way black is black..." in white pixelated font. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from…

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  • the way black is black...
  • and blue is as blue
  • my love is true
  • it's a matter of fact

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200801041341031116782242
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:08 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
5.3 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/2d/2df9ac3692b788b46afd3eb62516b01aa650c870f2d2be9b30d72408b521ff70.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
2df9ac3692b788b4
SHA-256
2df9ac3692b788b46afd3eb62516b01aa650c870f2d2be9b30d72408b521ff70
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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
200801041341031116782242
Archive entry
200801041341031116782242.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:08 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#200801041341031116782242.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200801041341031116782242.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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