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Purple and pink gradient sky with white clouds over black silhouette horizon, text in purple pixelated font on white outlines.

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Purple and pink gradient sky with white clouds over black silhouette horizon, text in purple pixelated font on white outlines.

Purple and pink gradient sky with white clouds over black silhouette horizon, text in purple pixelated font on white outlines. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Arch…

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Style

  • text overlay

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  • And
  • Sometimes,
  • When you
  • fall,
  • You learn
  • to fly

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200808191501501107659596
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:37 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
4.7 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/a1/a1c626b54b624239adc31f2a7a8ccfae6808619db4cdb64b1591b43439a763ad.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
a1c626b54b624239
SHA-256
a1c626b54b624239adc31f2a7a8ccfae6808619db4cdb64b1591b43439a763ad
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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
200808191501501107659596
Archive entry
200808191501501107659596.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:37 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#200808191501501107659596.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200808191501501107659596.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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