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Pixelated cyan background with blue text reading 'my friends got my back sometimes.' Yellow square outlines animate around the text.

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Pixelated cyan background with blue text reading 'my friends got my back sometimes.' Yellow square outlines animate around the text.

Pixelated cyan background with blue text reading 'my friends got my back sometimes.' Yellow square outlines animate around the text. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Interne…

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  • my friends got my back
  • sometimes

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
2009082515443065186548
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:02 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
568 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/9e/9eb8258f53a177f664555927d452d737b52c591184c2033b1d7e29f4dde32627.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
9eb8258f53a177f6
SHA-256
9eb8258f53a177f664555927d452d737b52c591184c2033b1d7e29f4dde32627
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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
2009082515443065186548
Archive entry
2009082515443065186548.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:02 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#2009082515443065186548.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#2009082515443065186548.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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