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Pixelated text repeats across a black background with red border, displaying phrases like 'your about as edgy as a butter knife' in white and red pixels.

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Pixelated text repeats across a black background with red border, displaying phrases like 'your about as edgy as a butter knife' in white and red pixels.

Pixelated text repeats across a black background with red border, displaying phrases like 'your about as edgy as a butter knife' in white and red pixels. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM bu…

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  • your about
  • as edgy
  • as a
  • butter
  • knife

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20070824151019659289638
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:41 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
873 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/45/45d4b96e1abd722c19a142ca249acdd75c9886d1313557a849dea0db349b5140.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
45d4b96e1abd722c
SHA-256
45d4b96e1abd722c19a142ca249acdd75c9886d1313557a849dea0db349b5140
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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
20070824151019659289638
Archive entry
20070824151019659289638.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:41 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#20070824151019659289638.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20070824151019659289638.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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