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Dark background with white star outlines; orange 'Humane' text, green 'Desperate' text, and purple 'Vile' text on separate colored backgrounds.

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Dark background with white star outlines; orange 'Humane' text, green 'Desperate' text, and purple 'Vile' text on separate colored backgrounds.

Dark background with white star outlines; orange 'Humane' text, green 'Desperate' text, and purple 'Vile' text on separate colored backgrounds. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon f…

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Style

  • text overlay

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  • Humane
  • Desperate
  • Vile

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
201005070901371466108654
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:06 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
5.4 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/8d/8ddb9453b3966cf37e174777ce44e1672496a3d153e5f491334bae42b3922268.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
8ddb9453b3966cf3
SHA-256
8ddb9453b3966cf37e174777ce44e1672496a3d153e5f491334bae42b3922268
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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
201005070901371466108654
Archive entry
201005070901371466108654.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:06 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#201005070901371466108654.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#201005070901371466108654.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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