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A pixelated image of a shirtless man with dark hair standing against a blue background, with red text overlay reading "Like my BUDDY ICON? IT'S ABER- CROMBIE! If not, you must know...".

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A pixelated image of a shirtless man with dark hair standing against a blue background, with red text overlay reading "Like my BUDDY ICON? IT'S ABER- CROMBIE! If not, you must know...".

A pixelated image of a shirtless man with dark hair standing against a blue background, with red text overlay reading "Like my BUDDY ICON? IT'S ABER- CROMBIE! If not, you must kno…

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  • Like my
  • BUDDY
  • ICON?
  • IT'S
  • ABER-
  • CROMBIE!
  • If not,
  • you must
  • know...

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200708031148251853662810
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:36 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.5 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/ae/aea3f399be5a8facb6ef2d03d8ce9a7b9139e710ac09411c14e3ce42c9ed649b.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
aea3f399be5a8fac
SHA-256
aea3f399be5a8facb6ef2d03d8ce9a7b9139e710ac09411c14e3ce42c9ed649b
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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
200708031148251853662810
Archive entry
200708031148251853662810.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:36 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#200708031148251853662810.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200708031148251853662810.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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