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Green background with purple text reading BE... UNIQUE BE... DIFFERENT BE YOU! in two identical vertical , each containing four lines of text

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Green background with purple text reading BE... UNIQUE BE... DIFFERENT BE YOU! in two identical vertical , each containing four lines of text

Green background with purple text reading BE... UNIQUE BE... DIFFERENT BE YOU! in two identical vertical , each containing four lines of text. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon fr…

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  • BE....
  • UNIQUE
  • DIFFERENT
  • BE YOU!

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080729191208203709659
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:35 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
372 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/52/520fe4cff030db416407bd467216a561e2d9b05cfeba976ae489e724a40e18b9.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
520fe4cff030db41
SHA-256
520fe4cff030db416407bd467216a561e2d9b05cfeba976ae489e724a40e18b9
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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
20080729191208203709659
Archive entry
20080729191208203709659.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:35 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#20080729191208203709659.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080729191208203709659.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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