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Pixelated blue background with white text listing reasons why someone is special, repeated in two identical sections.

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Pixelated blue background with white text listing reasons why someone is special, repeated in two identical sections.

Pixelated blue background with white text listing reasons why someone is special, repeated in two identical sections. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Frank…

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  • reasons why I'm special
  • 1) I'm ME
  • 2) I'm ME
  • 3) I'm Me!

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200911071905421590261371
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:03 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3.3 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/37/379ab04c3ce05983417918f6611387733dcb71abb98f0048e8f4c46ec87466f7.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
379ab04c3ce05983
SHA-256
379ab04c3ce05983417918f6611387733dcb71abb98f0048e8f4c46ec87466f7
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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
200911071905421590261371
Archive entry
200911071905421590261371.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:03 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#200911071905421590261371.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200911071905421590261371.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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