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Blue background with white pixelated text reading 'lifes to important to be :] taken seriously' and a pink heart symbol replacing the letter 'o' in 'to'.

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Blue background with white pixelated text reading 'lifes to important to be :] taken seriously' and a pink heart symbol replacing the letter 'o' in 'to'.

Blue background with white pixelated text reading 'lifes to important to be :] taken seriously' and a pink heart symbol replacing the letter 'o' in 'to'. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM bu…

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  • pink heart symbol

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  • lifes to
  • important
  • to be :]
  • taken
  • seriously

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090207193502271667877
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:51 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
317 bytes
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/a0/a019bdc3a19eb33f232e7dbdb302443035f55b5835d167a77f196b8b3c16fb47.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
a019bdc3a19eb33f
SHA-256
a019bdc3a19eb33f232e7dbdb302443035f55b5835d167a77f196b8b3c16fb47
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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
20090207193502271667877
Archive entry
20090207193502271667877.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:51 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#20090207193502271667877.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090207193502271667877.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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