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A static image shows 'SMILE' text above a yellow smiley face on blue, with red text reading 'SMILE IF YOU'RE DEPRESSED' and a small faded smiley icon.

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A static image shows 'SMILE' text above a yellow smiley face on blue, with red text reading 'SMILE IF YOU'RE DEPRESSED' and a small faded smiley icon.

A static image shows 'SMILE' text above a yellow smiley face on blue, with red text reading 'SMILE IF YOU'RE DEPRESSED' and a small faded smiley icon. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy…

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Style

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Subjects

  • smiley face

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  • SMILE
  • SMILE IF YOU'RE DEPRESSED

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080601130812166292750
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:28 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
4.9 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/9d/9d8f5eb6ee0a4750edb78963b77abe7c344dcdb9ce10f74f680bde9fce3e8a69.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
9d8f5eb6ee0a4750
SHA-256
9d8f5eb6ee0a4750edb78963b77abe7c344dcdb9ce10f74f680bde9fce3e8a69
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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
20080601130812166292750
Archive entry
20080601130812166292750.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:28 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#20080601130812166292750.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080601130812166292750.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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