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Black background with red and white pixelated text fragments arranged in three vertical sections, some phrases ending with attribution tags.

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Black background with red and white pixelated text fragments arranged in three vertical sections, some phrases ending with attribution tags.

Black background with red and white pixelated text fragments arranged in three vertical sections, some phrases ending with attribution tags. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from…

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  • Living is just a waste of death -FOB
  • we will never rest, till we're all dead -BMTH
  • the future is bright without me -AFI

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200812091343552087796565
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:45 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.4 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/98/984929d03944a56e944705c4061a3ec753e9f04c95fc9be829961ecfb3b7566f.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
984929d03944a56e
SHA-256
984929d03944a56e944705c4061a3ec753e9f04c95fc9be829961ecfb3b7566f
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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
200812091343552087796565
Archive entry
200812091343552087796565.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:45 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#200812091343552087796565.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200812091343552087796565.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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