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Silhouette of a person with arms outstretched against a sunset sky, text overlay reading "Live your life" in white pixelated font.

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Silhouette of a person with arms outstretched against a sunset sky, text overlay reading "Live your life" in white pixelated font.

Silhouette of a person with arms outstretched against a sunset sky, text overlay reading "Live your life" in white pixelated font. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet…

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  • Live your
  • life
  • so
  • you were
  • born
  • crying
  • and you
  • died
  • smiling

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200807291451511173260830
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:35 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
4.3 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/a6/a6db8683af466e8d39bcb7e44e1143ad1ba479f732c9f8c8f9b6edd2fc6b0fca.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
a6db8683af466e8d
SHA-256
a6db8683af466e8d39bcb7e44e1143ad1ba479f732c9f8c8f9b6edd2fc6b0fca
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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
200807291451511173260830
Archive entry
200807291451511173260830.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:35 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#200807291451511173260830.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200807291451511173260830.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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