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Pixelated icon with stacked text blocks, pink and yellow stars, green heart outline, and blue starburst on white background.

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Pixelated icon with stacked text blocks, pink and yellow stars, green heart outline, and blue starburst on white background.

Pixelated icon with stacked text blocks, pink and yellow stars, green heart outline, and blue starburst on white background. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archiv…

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Color

Source terms

Objects

  • yellow star

Visible Text

  • LIFE
  • IS
  • HORRIBLE
  • YOU
  • DON'T
  • REMEMBER

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080924160506357091065
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:39 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
2.2 KB
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/3f/3f8911623cee067292a9c5dd41c965b041845dbd238754bfbb1359600467cce6.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
3f8911623cee0672
SHA-256
3f8911623cee067292a9c5dd41c965b041845dbd238754bfbb1359600467cce6
Full source records (1)

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
20080924160506357091065
Archive entry
20080924160506357091065.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:39 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#20080924160506357091065.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080924160506357091065.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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