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Pixelated image with rainbow gradient background, colorful circular patterns, and overlaid text reading "these shoes are awesome" in blocky font.

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Pixelated image with rainbow gradient background, colorful circular patterns, and overlaid text reading "these shoes are awesome" in blocky font.

Pixelated image with rainbow gradient background, colorful circular patterns, and overlaid text reading "these shoes are awesome" in blocky font. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon…

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  • heart shape

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  • these shoes are awesome

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090106163237285237722
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:48 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3.8 KB
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/78/787ebf0e9f5bf5e63e333c266cd5701fe2ff8775c5e7c3604eb0712a80a9cb38.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
787ebf0e9f5bf5e6
SHA-256
787ebf0e9f5bf5e63e333c266cd5701fe2ff8775c5e7c3604eb0712a80a9cb38
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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
20090106163237285237722
Archive entry
20090106163237285237722.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:48 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#20090106163237285237722.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090106163237285237722.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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