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Red pixelated text on black background with repeated phrases and star icons, showing animation where stars alternate between white and gray.

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Red pixelated text on black background with repeated phrases and star icons, showing animation where stars alternate between white and gray.

Red pixelated text on black background with repeated phrases and star icons, showing animation where stars alternate between white and gray. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • star icons

Visible Text

  • if u need aif u need a
  • go
  • LIFE buy it LIFE buy it
  • on
  • EBAY

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200901092042251663596444
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
375 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/7b/7b14ee8a961f8e18e416a753f26bf14619f693aa77d71327ea332925477c5442.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
7b14ee8a961f8e18
SHA-256
7b14ee8a961f8e18e416a753f26bf14619f693aa77d71327ea332925477c5442
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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
200901092042251663596444
Archive entry
200901092042251663596444.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#200901092042251663596444.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200901092042251663596444.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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