Green pixelated text 'Surf or die trying.' appears on a black background with a circular gradient overlay that shifts position across frames.

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Green pixelated text 'Surf or die trying.' appears on a black background with a circular gradient overlay that shifts position across frames.

Green pixelated text 'Surf or die trying.' appears on a black background with a circular gradient overlay that shifts position across frames. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon fro…

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Visible Text

  • Surf
  • or
  • die
  • trying.

Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20070802182552262773631
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:36 UTC
Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.5 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/9a/9ad9714a11460c55b1636dbce1641132f67cbe88f8be851cea7b988ea092555c.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
9ad9714a11460c55
SHA-256
9ad9714a11460c55b1636dbce1641132f67cbe88f8be851cea7b988ea092555c
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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
20070802182552262773631
Archive entry
20070802182552262773631.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:36 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

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