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Two hands hold a red object against black background; yellow text boxes change from 'HEX' to 'IT'S FOR THE PINKY' across frames.

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Two hands hold a red object against black background; yellow text boxes change from 'HEX' to 'IT'S FOR THE PINKY' across frames.

Two hands hold a red object against black background; yellow text boxes change from 'HEX' to 'IT'S FOR THE PINKY' across frames. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Ar…

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  • HEX
  • IT'S FOR
  • THE PINKY

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200810161941221262926129
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
50×50 pixels
File size
2.7 KB
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/52/528f5246fe3291022347e3bfc027bab4355264fc61150b67fb7d10a2f97d5892.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
528f5246fe329102
SHA-256
528f5246fe3291022347e3bfc027bab4355264fc61150b67fb7d10a2f97d5892
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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
200810161941221262926129
Archive entry
200810161941221262926129.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#200810161941221262926129.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200810161941221262926129.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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