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Blue background with repeated black text phrases and scattered yellow dots, static image with no visible animation.

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Blue background with repeated black text phrases and scattered yellow dots, static image with no visible animation.

Blue background with repeated black text phrases and scattered yellow dots, static image with no visible animation. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksI…

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  • maybe it maybe it maybe it
  • as summas summas summas sum
  • love but love but love but
  • hoped it hoped it hoped it
  • was morn was morn was morn

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200708081805521169306355
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:37 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.5 KB
Motion
Animated (8 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/81/81346842fb86906959013b2f41aba5230008c5f99efaadbeb985941d0d92c2ff.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
81346842fb869069
SHA-256
81346842fb86906959013b2f41aba5230008c5f99efaadbeb985941d0d92c2ff
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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
200708081805521169306355
Archive entry
200708081805521169306355.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:37 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#200708081805521169306355.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200708081805521169306355.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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