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A yellow smiley face icon with black eyes and a curved mouth, set against a black background with pixelated text elements.

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A yellow smiley face icon with black eyes and a curved mouth, set against a black background with pixelated text elements.

A yellow smiley face icon with black eyes and a curved mouth, set against a black background with pixelated text elements. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive…

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Mood

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Source terms

Subjects

  • smiley face

Visible Text

  • those good times had better
  • start
  • PRETTY DAMN FAST

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20071121204127969478557
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:59 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.1 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/66/66a3fa9a14486b012625ef5649a704465d4d62247cc6755390d1e19eb789be8e.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
66a3fa9a14486b01
SHA-256
66a3fa9a14486b012625ef5649a704465d4d62247cc6755390d1e19eb789be8e
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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
20071121204127969478557
Archive entry
20071121204127969478557.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:59 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#20071121204127969478557.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20071121204127969478557.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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