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A static collage of six distinct pixelated text with varied backgrounds and color schemes, each displaying fragments of a song lyric

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A static collage of six distinct pixelated text with varied backgrounds and color schemes, each displaying fragments of a song lyric

A static collage of six distinct pixelated text with varied backgrounds and color schemes, each displaying fragments of a song lyric. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Intern…

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Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Colors

  • grey

Visible Text

  • Before you left you said
  • If you ever feel lost
  • just look up at the stars
  • and I will probably be
  • looking at the same one

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200901201638511709376084
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:50 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
7.1 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/7a/7a276cf33421cbd24de17a838aee5b07d7bac80edfa573e9da4763029330fa7a.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
7a276cf33421cbd2
SHA-256
7a276cf33421cbd24de17a838aee5b07d7bac80edfa573e9da4763029330fa7a
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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
200901201638511709376084
Archive entry
200901201638511709376084.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:50 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#200901201638511709376084.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200901201638511709376084.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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