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Pixelated cyan text on white background with gray digital noise, displaying two speech bubbles containing social awkwardness dialogue.

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Pixelated cyan text on white background with gray digital noise, displaying two speech bubbles containing social awkwardness dialogue.

Pixelated cyan text on white background with gray digital noise, displaying two speech bubbles containing social awkwardness dialogue. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Inter…

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  • My friend says I'm socially awkward.
  • I say I'm just awkward.

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080110174436799132785
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:09 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
3 KB
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/54/5497fcc1ffdc8aef23d3ebc88c21535b72752713d90bfff1e3fd1c31469e3349.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
5497fcc1ffdc8aef
SHA-256
5497fcc1ffdc8aef23d3ebc88c21535b72752713d90bfff1e3fd1c31469e3349
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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
20080110174436799132785
Archive entry
20080110174436799132785.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:09 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#20080110174436799132785.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080110174436799132785.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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