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Four display text on a textured beige background with a brown oval border; the top-right shows a smiley face with blue dots replacing the mouth

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Four display text on a textured beige background with a brown oval border; the top-right shows a smiley face with blue dots replacing the mouth

Four display text on a textured beige background with a brown oval border; the top-right shows a smiley face with blue dots replacing the mouth. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon…

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  • smiley face

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  • life * $ to short
  • for
  • school to start

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200708141913091449239827
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:38 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
5.7 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/9f/9fc2e314baf58753c211f4d73e9f0bb1b642d1d7f5f24118a5685f231a915d22.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
9fc2e314baf58753
SHA-256
9fc2e314baf58753c211f4d73e9f0bb1b642d1d7f5f24118a5685f231a915d22
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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
200708141913091449239827
Archive entry
200708141913091449239827.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:38 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#200708141913091449239827.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200708141913091449239827.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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