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A four- shows a person in white clothing with green text overlays, transitioning from crossed arms to looking down while text changes

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A four- shows a person in white clothing with green text overlays, transitioning from crossed arms to looking down while text changes

A four- shows a person in white clothing with green text overlays, transitioning from crossed arms to looking down while text changes. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Inter…

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Style

  • text overlay

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  • When my father died.
  • I did not cry.
  • When Michael Jackson died...
  • ...I cried.

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090625184943931435845
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:59 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
7.2 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/96/96673d5e436acf2393e1acb488622dbcf6f4a1ae517c828f400b0a5c39c634cb.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
96673d5e436acf23
SHA-256
96673d5e436acf2393e1acb488622dbcf6f4a1ae517c828f400b0a5c39c634cb
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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
20090625184943931435845
Archive entry
20090625184943931435845.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:59 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#20090625184943931435845.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090625184943931435845.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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