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Animated mermaid with red hair and green tail plays harp while fish swim around her, text changes from 'Life Is Much Better' to 'It's Wetter Down Where'

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Animated mermaid with red hair and green tail plays harp while fish swim around her, text changes from 'Life Is Much Better' to 'It's Wetter Down Where'

Animated mermaid with red hair and green tail plays harp while fish swim around her, text changes from 'Life Is Much Better' to 'It's Wetter Down Where'. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM bu…

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  • Life Is Much Better
  • It's Wetter Down Where

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090614162000124316856
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:59 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
7.5 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/4d/4d2e70a25352e703cd4997dd051f8421583135f3187f6e1b07cf16c3c9df1b08.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
4d2e70a25352e703
SHA-256
4d2e70a25352e703cd4997dd051f8421583135f3187f6e1b07cf16c3c9df1b08
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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
20090614162000124316856
Archive entry
20090614162000124316856.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:59 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#20090614162000124316856.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090614162000124316856.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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