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Pixelated text repeats 'be who you be' and 'not what others want to see' with punctuation variations on a black background.

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Pixelated text repeats 'be who you be' and 'not what others want to see' with punctuation variations on a black background.

Pixelated text repeats 'be who you be' and 'not what others want to see' with punctuation variations on a black background. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive…

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  • be who you be who you want to be
  • not what not what not what others wanothers wanothers want to see
  • to see+
  • to see†
  • to see×
  • to see.
  • to see...
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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200802251231231691124660
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:16 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
547 bytes
Motion
Animated (9 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/5d/5d35ebedbc2e7aee3ff4dbc04d81a4c0352dcc99168cc5f89df8889ae02f0b53.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
5d35ebedbc2e7aee
SHA-256
5d35ebedbc2e7aee3ff4dbc04d81a4c0352dcc99168cc5f89df8889ae02f0b53
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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
200802251231231691124660
Archive entry
200802251231231691124660.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:16 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#200802251231231691124660.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200802251231231691124660.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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