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Six show three young men in black and gray clothing with red text overlays on white backgrounds, each displaying different text

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Six show three young men in black and gray clothing with red text overlays on white backgrounds, each displaying different text

Six show three young men in black and gray clothing with red text overlays on white backgrounds, each displaying different text. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Ar…

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  • im hot
  • ur cold
  • u go around like u know
  • who i am
  • but u dont
  • i got me on my toes

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080728121855312847892
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:34 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
8.5 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/51/51871c89bbf860177aa7decd7cd771ca04d05c665ea3c410d9c6d6c8b5cce000.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
51871c89bbf86017
SHA-256
51871c89bbf860177aa7decd7cd771ca04d05c665ea3c410d9c6d6c8b5cce000
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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
20080728121855312847892
Archive entry
20080728121855312847892.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:34 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#20080728121855312847892.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080728121855312847892.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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