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Pixelated text on bright pink background with cyan starbursts, four identical arranged in showing "<888 Lindsay is awesome"

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Pixelated text on bright pink background with cyan starbursts, four identical arranged in showing "<888 Lindsay is awesome"

Pixelated text on bright pink background with cyan starbursts, four identical arranged in showing "<888 Lindsay is awesome". Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archiv…

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  • <888
  • Lindsay
  • is
  • awesome

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090114163824476298869
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:49 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.4 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/86/8634362abffda5c77319b1c3f9f4574d6c4613aacf4af851f8c405eb8d6556b3.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
8634362abffda5c7
SHA-256
8634362abffda5c77319b1c3f9f4574d6c4613aacf4af851f8c405eb8d6556b3
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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
20090114163824476298869
Archive entry
20090114163824476298869.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:49 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#20090114163824476298869.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090114163824476298869.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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