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A pixelated image of a person with short brown hair in the top-left quadrant, adjacent to purple and gray quadrants containing text.

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A pixelated image of a person with short brown hair in the top-left quadrant, adjacent to purple and gray quadrants containing text.

A pixelated image of a person with short brown hair in the top-left quadrant, adjacent to purple and gray quadrants containing text. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Interne…

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  • text overlay

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  • so unreally....
  • HOTT!!!!!!!!!!

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200805311235001348235298
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:28 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.6 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/67/67d84d31f7f7c148f266216e9bd6844093de7e319551c46c7bf9286f4100da26.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
67d84d31f7f7c148
SHA-256
67d84d31f7f7c148f266216e9bd6844093de7e319551c46c7bf9286f4100da26
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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
200805311235001348235298
Archive entry
200805311235001348235298.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:28 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#200805311235001348235298.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200805311235001348235298.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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