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Four identical green spiral backgrounds with black outlines, each containing red pixelated text reading "OBEY THE NICK OR ELSE" in vertical alignment.

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Four identical green spiral backgrounds with black outlines, each containing red pixelated text reading "OBEY THE NICK OR ELSE" in vertical alignment.

Four identical green spiral backgrounds with black outlines, each containing red pixelated text reading "OBEY THE NICK OR ELSE" in vertical alignment. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy…

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  • OBEY
  • THE
  • NICK
  • OR
  • ELSE

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200711161933391553703509
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:57 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/47/479472c5be1c3388465b2b328ac03a92ea379c903c2aa65395216bf20a074927.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
479472c5be1c3388
SHA-256
479472c5be1c3388465b2b328ac03a92ea379c903c2aa65395216bf20a074927
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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
200711161933391553703509
Archive entry
200711161933391553703509.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:57 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#200711161933391553703509.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200711161933391553703509.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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