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Pixelated text on bright green background with blue star accents, repeating phrases and punctuation in purple and white.

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Pixelated text on bright green background with blue star accents, repeating phrases and punctuation in purple and white.

Pixelated text on bright green background with blue star accents, repeating phrases and punctuation in purple and white. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Fr…

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  • were short were short
  • and hot and hot
  • ssssssss... sssssss...
  • WHO WHO
  • CARES!!! CARES!!!

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20081018204855641985993
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:41 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.8 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/48/48d56c5644cd423891f8dc09e67b5ddc0c2a92341f58b7fbc8384beaecd9bd77.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
48d56c5644cd4238
SHA-256
48d56c5644cd423891f8dc09e67b5ddc0c2a92341f58b7fbc8384beaecd9bd77
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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
20081018204855641985993
Archive entry
20081018204855641985993.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:41 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#20081018204855641985993.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20081018204855641985993.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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