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Pixelated text in pink letters on black speech bubbles against a light background with faint green and blue patterns.

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Pixelated text in pink letters on black speech bubbles against a light background with faint green and blue patterns.

Pixelated text in pink letters on black speech bubbles against a light background with faint green and blue patterns. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Frank…

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  • whats
  • really sad
  • is
  • icould be
  • right next
  • to you

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200803051533151822568064
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:17 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
2.9 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/68/68f768161708970890a3eb8d3616568122b785593b4f549003c34fa2c97918cb.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
68f7681617089708
SHA-256
68f768161708970890a3eb8d3616568122b785593b4f549003c34fa2c97918cb
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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
200803051533151822568064
Archive entry
200803051533151822568064.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:17 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#200803051533151822568064.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200803051533151822568064.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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