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six pixelated showing a woman with long brown hair in blue clothing and a man with short dark hair, each containing overlaid text fragments

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six pixelated showing a woman with long brown hair in blue clothing and a man with short dark hair, each containing overlaid text fragments

six pixelated showing a woman with long brown hair in blue clothing and a man with short dark hair, each containing overlaid text fragments. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from…

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Source terms

Style

  • text-overlaid

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  • im
  • as
  • accident
  • prone
  • bella...
  • T wheres
  • edward?

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200902091308591228738423
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:51 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
9.4 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/70/70a6c1f0d84cfa1b8a073dd22476149770b070afbbaebb50c592a087305a2de1.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
70a6c1f0d84cfa1b
SHA-256
70a6c1f0d84cfa1b8a073dd22476149770b070afbbaebb50c592a087305a2de1
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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
200902091308591228738423
Archive entry
200902091308591228738423.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:51 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#200902091308591228738423.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200902091308591228738423.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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