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Pixelated cyan text on bright pink background with green noise artifacts, repeating phrases like 'somebn', 'called hale', and 'mein sbiks' in a distorted pattern.

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Pixelated cyan text on bright pink background with green noise artifacts, repeating phrases like 'somebn', 'called hale', and 'mein sbiks' in a distorted pattern.

Pixelated cyan text on bright pink background with green noise artifacts, repeating phrases like 'somebn', 'called hale', and 'mein sbiks' in a distorted pattern. Animated 48×48 G…

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  • somebn
  • called hale
  • mein sbiks
  • wers form arvers form are
  • <9its called

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090422130512948214806
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:57 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.4 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/3a/3aba2478ff0a49c3d1203504999d3de36fb5efa07b6e4ea435a0e04adddd0948.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
3aba2478ff0a49c3
SHA-256
3aba2478ff0a49c3d1203504999d3de36fb5efa07b6e4ea435a0e04adddd0948
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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
20090422130512948214806
Archive entry
20090422130512948214806.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:57 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#20090422130512948214806.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090422130512948214806.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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