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Green grass background with black pixelated text reading 'the grass is always greener on the other side of the FENCE <3'.

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Green grass background with black pixelated text reading 'the grass is always greener on the other side of the FENCE <3'.

Green grass background with black pixelated text reading 'the grass is always greener on the other side of the FENCE <3'. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive F…

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  • the
  • grass
  • is
  • always
  • greener
  • on
  • other
  • side
  • of
  • FENCE

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200711070759571010395391
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:53 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
5.8 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/81/81a475748dc3d2ef90e06557ea60a014d5ea64887468a290d77ba155d6c4e279.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
81a475748dc3d2ef
SHA-256
81a475748dc3d2ef90e06557ea60a014d5ea64887468a290d77ba155d6c4e279
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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
200711070759571010395391
Archive entry
200711070759571010395391.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:53 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#200711070759571010395391.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200711070759571010395391.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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