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Pixelated text and pink sparkles on black background with repeated phrases 'they give', 'BESTFRIENDS', 'TRUEmeaning' in white block letters.

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Pixelated text and pink sparkles on black background with repeated phrases 'they give', 'BESTFRIENDS', 'TRUEmeaning' in white block letters.

Pixelated text and pink sparkles on black background with repeated phrases 'they give', 'BESTFRIENDS', 'TRUEmeaning' in white block letters. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from…

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  • am.sf.dp.eb.am.sf.dp.eb.bh.bg.st.sd.bh.bg.st.sd
  • they give they give
  • BESTFRIENDS BESTFRIENDS
  • TRUEmeaning TRUEmeaning

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080113150204466622124
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:10 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
751 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/97/97fe7788162f8db7a0b31f25ca970b103ae4d7272bc8e66c4b910257b80e6467.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
97fe7788162f8db7
SHA-256
97fe7788162f8db7a0b31f25ca970b103ae4d7272bc8e66c4b910257b80e6467
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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
20080113150204466622124
Archive entry
20080113150204466622124.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:10 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#20080113150204466622124.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080113150204466622124.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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