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Yellow background with white cloud shapes and pink pixelated text reading "if we couldn't laugh then we'd all go insane" in two identical

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Yellow background with white cloud shapes and pink pixelated text reading "if we couldn't laugh then we'd all go insane" in two identical

Yellow background with white cloud shapes and pink pixelated text reading "if we couldn't laugh then we'd all go insane" in two identical. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from I…

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  • if we couldn't laugh then we'd all go insane
  • we couldn't laugh then we'd all go insane

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200711110859581922456064
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:55 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
812 bytes
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/5a/5af5aa1d14a557fb4c9d308a61d4c114d9202341e1a8c5f20a45c6c05e40114b.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
5af5aa1d14a557fb
SHA-256
5af5aa1d14a557fb4c9d308a61d4c114d9202341e1a8c5f20a45c6c05e40114b
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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
200711110859581922456064
Archive entry
200711110859581922456064.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:55 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#200711110859581922456064.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200711110859581922456064.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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