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Animated icon with blue background featuring peace sign, heart, and smiley face icons; text changes from 'The way things were' to 'The way things should be'.

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Animated icon with blue background featuring peace sign, heart, and smiley face icons; text changes from 'The way things were' to 'The way things should be'.

Animated icon with blue background featuring peace sign, heart, and smiley face icons; text changes from 'The way things were' to 'The way things should be'. Animated 50×50 GIF AI…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Actions

  • text change

Objects

  • text block

Subjects

  • peace sign
  • heart
  • smiley face

Visible Text

  • The way things were
  • The way things should be

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200902140905261248421804
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:52 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
6.7 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/31/314e4958dd667eed6b92a41aa44679cdf90977443cd4a8d2b0e77d9a4b56d3eb.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
314e4958dd667eed
SHA-256
314e4958dd667eed6b92a41aa44679cdf90977443cd4a8d2b0e77d9a4b56d3eb
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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
200902140905261248421804
Archive entry
200902140905261248421804.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:52 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#200902140905261248421804.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200902140905261248421804.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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