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Six pixelated buddy icons arranged in a , each with distinct text and imagery including hearts, cartoon characters, and a cat

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Six pixelated buddy icons arranged in a , each with distinct text and imagery including hearts, cartoon characters, and a cat

Six pixelated buddy icons arranged in a , each with distinct text and imagery including hearts, cartoon characters, and a cat. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Arch…

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Depicts

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • heart shapes

Subjects

  • cartoon character
  • cat

Visible Text

  • Live
  • Laugh
  • and
  • Love
  • Life!

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20110419015905316026412
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:08 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
7.6 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/73/73cdb50e0f03270658ae640cfd4367b602a81774a34e9df30122cdf961b94cb6.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
73cdb50e0f032706
SHA-256
73cdb50e0f03270658ae640cfd4367b602a81774a34e9df30122cdf961b94cb6
Full source records (1)

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
20110419015905316026412
Archive entry
20110419015905316026412.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:08 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#20110419015905316026412.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20110419015905316026412.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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