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Pixelated pink text on a white background with blurred pink and yellow circular shapes, forming a partial phrase about bubbles.

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Pixelated pink text on a white background with blurred pink and yellow circular shapes, forming a partial phrase about bubbles.

Pixelated pink text on a white background with blurred pink and yellow circular shapes, forming a partial phrase about bubbles. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Arc…

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  • Wasn't It Great When The
  • Only Things You Could Blow were
  • Bubbles

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20071203130128211023211
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:02 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3.4 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/8a/8a791c508455eb6f1865f8ec541016ffe5b4a443143c0a1053c2c641d63fac18.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
8a791c508455eb6f
SHA-256
8a791c508455eb6f1865f8ec541016ffe5b4a443143c0a1053c2c641d63fac18
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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
20071203130128211023211
Archive entry
20071203130128211023211.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:02 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#20071203130128211023211.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20071203130128211023211.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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