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six distinct images with overlaid text, including a person with sunglasses, a dog, pink text, a smiley face, and a person on a phone

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six distinct images with overlaid text, including a person with sunglasses, a dog, pink text, a smiley face, and a person on a phone

six distinct images with overlaid text, including a person with sunglasses, a dog, pink text, a smiley face, and a person on a phone. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Intern…

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Depicts

Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • dog

Style

  • text overlay

Subjects

  • dog
  • smiley face

Visible Text

  • jess
  • ran
  • head-
  • first!
  • into
  • walls <3

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200806230832101627651954
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:31 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
7.6 KB
Motion
Animated (5 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/63/63b2a8de5b222e7a0e8ea6883cfab03beaa63be003e9d8a43cc9ea2e2d18fb6e.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
63b2a8de5b222e7a
SHA-256
63b2a8de5b222e7a0e8ea6883cfab03beaa63be003e9d8a43cc9ea2e2d18fb6e
Full source records (1)

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
200806230832101627651954
Archive entry
200806230832101627651954.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:31 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#200806230832101627651954.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200806230832101627651954.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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