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A pink square icon with dark pink border displays text and a smiley face; the top text is 'i'm real', middle text is 'RANDOM', and bottom text is 'THOUGHTS' with quotation marks.

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A pink square icon with dark pink border displays text and a smiley face; the top text is 'i'm real', middle text is 'RANDOM', and bottom text is 'THOUGHTS' with quotation marks.

A pink square icon with dark pink border displays text and a smiley face; the top text is 'i'm real', middle text is 'RANDOM', and bottom text is 'THOUGHTS' with quotation marks.…

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  • smiley face

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  • i'm real
  • RANDOM
  • THOUGHTS

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20081019181648410999760
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:41 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
2.2 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/37/375c94ccbaf29c9d45510243121053848d5414d94f4dde813310c26de37e8542.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
375c94ccbaf29c9d
SHA-256
375c94ccbaf29c9d45510243121053848d5414d94f4dde813310c26de37e8542
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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
20081019181648410999760
Archive entry
20081019181648410999760.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:41 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#20081019181648410999760.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20081019181648410999760.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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