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A static image of a softball with overlaid text in four quadrants, featuring pixelated white lettering on black backgrounds.

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A static image of a softball with overlaid text in four quadrants, featuring pixelated white lettering on black backgrounds.

A static image of a softball with overlaid text in four quadrants, featuring pixelated white lettering on black backgrounds. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archiv…

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Style

  • text overlay

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  • SoFtBaLl
  • it's a girl thing
  • SoFtBaLl 2008
  • love ya girls

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200804141732541029953546
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:23 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
7.3 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/93/9367caabe988e1e5c654e8e41c20ab889daf0beee47b565e36b2e3a001c1c939.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
9367caabe988e1e5
SHA-256
9367caabe988e1e5c654e8e41c20ab889daf0beee47b565e36b2e3a001c1c939
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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
200804141732541029953546
Archive entry
200804141732541029953546.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:23 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#200804141732541029953546.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200804141732541029953546.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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