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Black background with white rectangular text boxes containing pixelated lowercase and uppercase letters arranged in a scattered layout.

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Black background with white rectangular text boxes containing pixelated lowercase and uppercase letters arranged in a scattered layout.

Black background with white rectangular text boxes containing pixelated lowercase and uppercase letters arranged in a scattered layout. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Inte…

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  • your mom
  • knows
  • what
  • this says
  • HOMO!

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200804070643051960078635
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:22 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
553 bytes
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/a0/a0a5afbf0e96c1c8a88e6e837960a9ed5943fecf2260e4bcdcb357e2cc309d6c.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
a0a5afbf0e96c1c8
SHA-256
a0a5afbf0e96c1c8a88e6e837960a9ed5943fecf2260e4bcdcb357e2cc309d6c
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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
200804070643051960078635
Archive entry
200804070643051960078635.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:22 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#200804070643051960078635.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200804070643051960078635.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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