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A pixelated softball with visible stitching and text on a blue background, paired with dark red containing black pixelated text

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A pixelated softball with visible stitching and text on a blue background, paired with dark red containing black pixelated text

A pixelated softball with visible stitching and text on a blue background, paired with dark red containing black pixelated text. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Ar…

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  • if softball was easy
  • they would call it
  • BASEBALL
  • SOFTBALL

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200809211513091814362677
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:39 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.2 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/7f/7f9c045fe886a5bca2a7f1020b1a33dee26c29a98581aa2a91290776f3912ec4.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
7f9c045fe886a5bc
SHA-256
7f9c045fe886a5bca2a7f1020b1a33dee26c29a98581aa2a91290776f3912ec4
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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
200809211513091814362677
Archive entry
200809211513091814362677.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:39 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#200809211513091814362677.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200809211513091814362677.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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