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Four display the text 'BFFLADS' over different backgrounds including people, cartoon characters, and repeating pink text

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Four display the text 'BFFLADS' over different backgrounds including people, cartoon characters, and repeating pink text

Four display the text 'BFFLADS' over different backgrounds including people, cartoon characters, and repeating pink text. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive F…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Style

  • cursive text

Visible Text

  • BFFLADS
  • FRIENDS will let you down, REAL FRIENDS will stay by your side and help you out

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200912300729301293413430
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:04 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
6.9 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/6c/6ca5b005436b7462a3bc8cc782ca4cf0018b0147c315528e9cc360871f323ad6.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
6ca5b005436b7462
SHA-256
6ca5b005436b7462a3bc8cc782ca4cf0018b0147c315528e9cc360871f323ad6
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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
200912300729301293413430
Archive entry
200912300729301293413430.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:04 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#200912300729301293413430.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200912300729301293413430.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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