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Pixelated text in bright pink on black background with a white cursor icon, displaying repeated phrases about friends and pencils.

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Pixelated text in bright pink on black background with a white cursor icon, displaying repeated phrases about friends and pencils.

Pixelated text in bright pink on black background with a white cursor icon, displaying repeated phrases about friends and pencils. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet…

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  • Friends are
  • like broken
  • pencils
  • Pointless.

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20071104064819218862994
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:53 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.1 KB
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/5b/5bf139dea0798a2dd2cc46350ebcae786f35492324fb17a7b928b6bda974f4bd.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
5bf139dea0798a2d
SHA-256
5bf139dea0798a2dd2cc46350ebcae786f35492324fb17a7b928b6bda974f4bd
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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
20071104064819218862994
Archive entry
20071104064819218862994.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:53 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#20071104064819218862994.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20071104064819218862994.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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