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Animated pixel art displays repeating cyan lines over pink text on black background, with text shifting positions across frames

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Animated pixel art displays repeating cyan lines over pink text on black background, with text shifting positions across frames

Animated pixel art displays repeating cyan lines over pink text on black background, with text shifting positions across frames. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Ar…

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  • never known
  • truth is b
  • frindz and frindz and
  • ow much fri
  • -hind da tru

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090930191313965559074
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:02 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
4.3 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/7d/7dde0296af95df2bf179f2d592981abd33bcfe483b7c575ac576f658c1e457bf.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
7dde0296af95df2b
SHA-256
7dde0296af95df2bf179f2d592981abd33bcfe483b7c575ac576f658c1e457bf
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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
20090930191313965559074
Archive entry
20090930191313965559074.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:02 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#20090930191313965559074.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090930191313965559074.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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