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Pixelated blue fish character with wide eyes and open mouth, surrounded by cyan text repeating 'just keep swimming' on black background.

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Pixelated blue fish character with wide eyes and open mouth, surrounded by cyan text repeating 'just keep swimming' on black background.

Pixelated blue fish character with wide eyes and open mouth, surrounded by cyan text repeating 'just keep swimming' on black background. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Int…

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  • Just keep swimming.
  • just keep swimming
  • what do we do...
  • we swim!

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200801251612371622246058
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:11 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3.4 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/38/385cd5740437267d0b421ab36b56ebb253c2648fae0e927940867195fc7f1d18.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
385cd5740437267d
SHA-256
385cd5740437267d0b421ab36b56ebb253c2648fae0e927940867195fc7f1d18
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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
200801251612371622246058
Archive entry
200801251612371622246058.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:11 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#200801251612371622246058.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200801251612371622246058.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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