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A colorful, pixelated zebra with rainbow stripes walks left to right across a gray background, with a black-and-white 'Dare to be different' text overlay.

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A colorful, pixelated zebra with rainbow stripes walks left to right across a gray background, with a black-and-white 'Dare to be different' text overlay.

A colorful, pixelated zebra with rainbow stripes walks left to right across a gray background, with a black-and-white 'Dare to be different' text overlay. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM b…

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  • text overlay

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  • Dare to be different

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200902181808291443348847
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:52 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
5.7 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/59/593888165061966459c6ab1ae960c6e1d432f6974bf771fe5d55ce0d56a01957.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
5938881650619664
SHA-256
593888165061966459c6ab1ae960c6e1d432f6974bf771fe5d55ce0d56a01957
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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
200902181808291443348847
Archive entry
200902181808291443348847.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:52 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#200902181808291443348847.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200902181808291443348847.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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