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Pixelated hippopotamus image with green background and text overlays reading 'you may dare to be different' and 'well... I AM DIFFERENT'.

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Pixelated hippopotamus image with green background and text overlays reading 'you may dare to be different' and 'well... I AM DIFFERENT'.

Pixelated hippopotamus image with green background and text overlays reading 'you may dare to be different' and 'well... I AM DIFFERENT'. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from In…

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  • you may dare to be different
  • well...
  • I AM DIFFERENT

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20070926164915341575068
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:47 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.8 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/66/665caf0192f68da02f77d7accab4d27c9d744cf96c26844cef193a70909cb533.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
665caf0192f68da0
SHA-256
665caf0192f68da02f77d7accab4d27c9d744cf96c26844cef193a70909cb533
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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
20070926164915341575068
Archive entry
20070926164915341575068.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:47 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#20070926164915341575068.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20070926164915341575068.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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