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Four blue circular icons with pixelated text on white background, each containing distinct phrases in dark blue font.

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Four blue circular icons with pixelated text on white background, each containing distinct phrases in dark blue font.

Four blue circular icons with pixelated text on white background, each containing distinct phrases in dark blue font. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Frank…

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  • mr.andersor is gay /dumb
  • balaringa slippers and HOT DOGS
  • atleast i got a awsome

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200709071428541457201017
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:43 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/91/9148486176317ae24376997d132f7c6e7459793e059541ae2ca9bcf72f84af4e.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
9148486176317ae2
SHA-256
9148486176317ae24376997d132f7c6e7459793e059541ae2ca9bcf72f84af4e
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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
200709071428541457201017
Archive entry
200709071428541457201017.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:43 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#200709071428541457201017.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200709071428541457201017.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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