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Pixelated polar bear sits on snow with cyan text reading 'polar bears are PIMP!!' and 'polar bears are da bomb' against magenta background.

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Pixelated polar bear sits on snow with cyan text reading 'polar bears are PIMP!!' and 'polar bears are da bomb' against magenta background.

Pixelated polar bear sits on snow with cyan text reading 'polar bears are PIMP!!' and 'polar bears are da bomb' against magenta background. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from…

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  • polar bears are PIMP!!
  • polar bears are da bomb
  • solar bears live where hannah lives (antarctica)

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20071227152040519361215
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:07 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.1 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/86/86dca7f2afefcc974d524643cd65425a48b83bf569640a2f8511946c54a0052a.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
86dca7f2afefcc97
SHA-256
86dca7f2afefcc974d524643cd65425a48b83bf569640a2f8511946c54a0052a
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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
20071227152040519361215
Archive entry
20071227152040519361215.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:07 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#20071227152040519361215.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20071227152040519361215.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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