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Pixelated polar bear sits on snow with red text reading 'humm?', 'why am I white??', and 'MOM!!!' against a cyan background.

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Pixelated polar bear sits on snow with red text reading 'humm?', 'why am I white??', and 'MOM!!!' against a cyan background.

Pixelated polar bear sits on snow with red text reading 'humm?', 'why am I white??', and 'MOM!!!' against a cyan background. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archiv…

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  • humm?
  • why am I white??
  • MOM!!!

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200801291902531037533559
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:12 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.9 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/8a/8ac47d511935cd7a51a3b486559020f240f4b77aee649a4fb3eb3a2d9a8f0d71.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
8ac47d511935cd7a
SHA-256
8ac47d511935cd7a51a3b486559020f240f4b77aee649a4fb3eb3a2d9a8f0d71
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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
200801291902531037533559
Archive entry
200801291902531037533559.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:12 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#200801291902531037533559.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200801291902531037533559.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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