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Pixelated polar bear sits on snow with text reading 'help: take us to a zoo', 'save: we will drown', and 'us: save our lives' in blocky font

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Pixelated polar bear sits on snow with text reading 'help: take us to a zoo', 'save: we will drown', and 'us: save our lives' in blocky font

Pixelated polar bear sits on snow with text reading 'help: take us to a zoo', 'save: we will drown', and 'us: save our lives' in blocky font. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon fro…

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  • help:
  • take
  • us
  • to
  • a
  • zoo
  • save:
  • we
  • will
  • drown
  • us:
  • save our lives

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200712160618281218586345
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:05 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3.9 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/50/50cc28e803c91710029e5c2c905106bc5ed49691fe2c686ac6830850f9568851.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
50cc28e803c91710
SHA-256
50cc28e803c91710029e5c2c905106bc5ed49691fe2c686ac6830850f9568851
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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
200712160618281218586345
Archive entry
200712160618281218586345.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:05 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#200712160618281218586345.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200712160618281218586345.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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