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Green background with black text repeating 'I AM SO GANGSTA THAT I CARRY A WATER GUM' and blue horizontal bars shifting positions across frames.

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Green background with black text repeating 'I AM SO GANGSTA THAT I CARRY A WATER GUM' and blue horizontal bars shifting positions across frames.

Green background with black text repeating 'I AM SO GANGSTA THAT I CARRY A WATER GUM' and blue horizontal bars shifting positions across frames. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon…

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  • I AM SO
  • GANGSTA
  • THAT I CARR
  • A WATER GUA

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
2008071214242919772324
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:33 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
483 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/64/6490d37ec452e097fdf7d256fe4b1a0336fb6af30cd89d6af04ff344221f5958.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
6490d37ec452e097
SHA-256
6490d37ec452e097fdf7d256fe4b1a0336fb6af30cd89d6af04ff344221f5958
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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
2008071214242919772324
Archive entry
2008071214242919772324.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:33 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#2008071214242919772324.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#2008071214242919772324.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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