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Red pixelated text on black background reads "I ran with scissors and LIVED!" with varying punctuation and small white symbols at the end of each line.

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Red pixelated text on black background reads "I ran with scissors and LIVED!" with varying punctuation and small white symbols at the end of each line.

Red pixelated text on black background reads "I ran with scissors and LIVED!" with varying punctuation and small white symbols at the end of each line. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM budd…

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  • I ran
  • with
  • scissors
  • and
  • LIVED!

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080730065428319444213
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
48×48 pixels
File size
1.2 KB
Motion
Animated (9 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/ae/ae9d0295e7c7d3ab439d448b4486f21775b0deef0b4450a083551773e2108d87.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
ae9d0295e7c7d3ab
SHA-256
ae9d0295e7c7d3ab439d448b4486f21775b0deef0b4450a083551773e2108d87
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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
20080730065428319444213
Archive entry
20080730065428319444213.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#20080730065428319444213.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080730065428319444213.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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