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Green pixelated text on blue background reads 'True Friends are worth the bouble' with pink square symbols and '<888' below, repeated in a pattern

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Green pixelated text on blue background reads 'True Friends are worth the bouble' with pink square symbols and '<888' below, repeated in a pattern

Green pixelated text on blue background reads 'True Friends are worth the bouble' with pink square symbols and '<888' below, repeated in a pattern. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy ic…

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Source terms

Style

  • dithering

Visible Text

  • True
  • Friends
  • are worth
  • the bouble
  • <888

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080104142455298553322
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:08 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.3 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/57/57471e03fe44a5496e5e90e4aa9ac5aac489a48382ba3b10d8449fbec6f453aa.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
57471e03fe44a549
SHA-256
57471e03fe44a5496e5e90e4aa9ac5aac489a48382ba3b10d8449fbec6f453aa
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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
20080104142455298553322
Archive entry
20080104142455298553322.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:08 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#20080104142455298553322.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080104142455298553322.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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