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Pixelated image of a person with light brown hair wearing red shirt on blue background, accompanied by pink pixelated text.

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Pixelated image of a person with light brown hair wearing red shirt on blue background, accompanied by pink pixelated text.

Pixelated image of a person with light brown hair wearing red shirt on blue background, accompanied by pink pixelated text. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive…

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  • i might want a boyfriend like this
  • but to-bad for jesse
  • i already have one i <3 him

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200801181432311060920864
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:10 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.7 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/76/76b79daed263a9594c0fc6a2a6d2076ea567cb7441761131c19836211f8b896d.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
76b79daed263a959
SHA-256
76b79daed263a9594c0fc6a2a6d2076ea567cb7441761131c19836211f8b896d
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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
200801181432311060920864
Archive entry
200801181432311060920864.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:10 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#200801181432311060920864.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200801181432311060920864.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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