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Blue pixelated text on a light purple background repeats 'flash flash flash' and 'thin purple thin purple', with 'my god =-;' appearing below.

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Blue pixelated text on a light purple background repeats 'flash flash flash' and 'thin purple thin purple', with 'my god =-;' appearing below.

Blue pixelated text on a light purple background repeats 'flash flash flash' and 'thin purple thin purple', with 'my god =-;' appearing below. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon fr…

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  • h flash flash flash flash
  • hin purple hin purple
  • * my god =-; my god =-;

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20081008190020820930673
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:40 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
452 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/7a/7a9ca93741465d91ff213f6db00742c7732d5c9d771ced503e7fef6f141e3934.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
7a9ca93741465d91
SHA-256
7a9ca93741465d91ff213f6db00742c7732d5c9d771ced503e7fef6f141e3934
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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
20081008190020820930673
Archive entry
20081008190020820930673.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:40 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#20081008190020820930673.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20081008190020820930673.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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