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A pixelated image of a person with brown hair holding both hands to their ears, wearing a black top and gold shoulder accents against a red background.

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A pixelated image of a person with brown hair holding both hands to their ears, wearing a black top and gold shoulder accents against a red background.

A pixelated image of a person with brown hair holding both hands to their ears, wearing a black top and gold shoulder accents against a red background. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM budd…

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Style

  • text overlay

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  • I can't hear you
  • my ears are full of

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20071110124418639369553
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:54 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3.6 KB
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/98/98049d5a0f18d8cf8b693667dcd492c6e1d86e96100890458939777522be6ef6.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
98049d5a0f18d8cf
SHA-256
98049d5a0f18d8cf8b693667dcd492c6e1d86e96100890458939777522be6ef6
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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
20071110124418639369553
Archive entry
20071110124418639369553.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:54 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#20071110124418639369553.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20071110124418639369553.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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