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A static image with four identical purple stars on a bright pink background, each containing green text reading "I think big ears are cute!".

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A static image with four identical purple stars on a bright pink background, each containing green text reading "I think big ears are cute!".

A static image with four identical purple stars on a bright pink background, each containing green text reading "I think big ears are cute!". Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon fro…

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20081219145716634980221
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:46 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.5 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/6b/6be7bc79a57da0c5b8927ea545e9758ad3ceae37b3c24db821de83085b03729e.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
6be7bc79a57da0c5
SHA-256
6be7bc79a57da0c5b8927ea545e9758ad3ceae37b3c24db821de83085b03729e
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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
20081219145716634980221
Archive entry
20081219145716634980221.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:46 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#20081219145716634980221.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20081219145716634980221.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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